Social Work in Health and Ageing: Global Perspectives

Book Details

• Author(s): Barbara Berkman, K.L. Sharma, Daniel B. Kaplan

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition/Publication Year: 2015

• ISBN: 9788131607268

• Pages: 279

• Cover: Hardcover

About the Book

As global population ageing becomes an increasingly pressing issue, this book is both timely and essential, offering crucial insights for social workers dealing with health and ageing. Despite often being treated as separate fields, healthcare, ageing, and social work are interconnected, as social workers frequently encounter issues of health and ageing in their day-to-day practice, regardless of their specialization.

The book features contributions from fifteen renowned scholars in gerontology, providing evidence-based practice guidelines for assessing and treating older adults, as well as offering support for their families. These guidelines cover a variety of physical and mental health conditions, making this book an invaluable resource for professionals in the field.

The book covers multiple global perspectives on gerontological social work, highlighting various populations that social workers serve, along with best practices for dealing with the challenges they face. With topics ranging from elder abuse in Japan to community health services in China, the book paints a rich portrait of ageing issues and the global response to them.

Key chapters include:

• Social and Health Perspectives on Global Ageing

• Social Work with Older People in Europe

• Australia’s Response to Population Ageing

• Japanese Approach to Elder Abuse

• Engaging Older Adults in Community Development

• Ageing Population and Economic Growth

• Discrimination against Older Workers

• Cultural Context of Health and Well-being among Samoan and Tongan American Elders

• Economic Security of Elderly in India

This book serves as an indispensable resource for social workers, researchers, policymakers, and NGOs working in the fields of gerontology, social work, sociology, and psychology, offering both practical knowledge and theoretical insights into the challenges and strategies for supporting older populations.