Social work with the aged and their families, 3d ed.9780202361826 Social work with the aged and their families, 3d ed. Greene, Roberta R. AldineTransaction 2008 221 pages $59.95 Hardcover HV1451 Greene (gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. and social welfare, U. of Texas at Austin) updates this text on social work with older adults and their families--the most significant addition being the discussion of the functional-age model of intergenerational in·ter·gen·er·a·tion·al adj. Being or occurring between generations: "These social-insurance programs are intergenerational and all treatment. The nine chapters address topics such as: special issues in the helping process, assessment and functional age, psychological aspects of functional age, socio-cultural and spiritual aspects of functional age, the family as a set of reciprocal Bilateral; two-sided; mutual; interchanged. Reciprocal obligations are duties owed by one individual to another and vice versa. A reciprocal contract is one in which the parties enter into mutual agreements. roles and developmental unit, the functional-age model and individual and family intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. , and group and community-based treatment approaches. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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