Gerontological Home Health Care: A Guide for the Social Work Practitioner

Goldie Kadushin and Marcia Egan

Paper, 280 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 1 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-12465-2
$34.50 / £20.50

June, 2008
Cloth, 280 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 1 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-12464-5
$84.50 / £49.50

Longer life expectancy, the aging baby boom population, and increasing numbers of older adults with chronic health conditions who want to remain at home are generating an urgent need for providers who possess specialized knowledge and skills in home health care. Answering the urgent call for a textbook that deals specifically with adults in this setting, Goldie Kadushin and Marcia Egan synthesize empirical research to extract practical applications for practice, emphasizing the "how to" of gerontological home health care by discussing the field's most relevant issues. The authors include chapters on home health care policies and funding, cultural and diversity issues, the contemporary challenges of the social work role in home health care, the development of a relationship, the client's role in helping with care, practice evaluation, and individual and social system assessment and intervention. They provide detailed case studies and directions for accessing rapid assessment instruments throughout the text. They also include programs, resources, and corresponding Web sites that link to appropriate services.

Related Subjects

• Gerontology

About the Author

Goldie Kadushin is a professor of social work at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the author, of The Social Work Interview: A Guide for Human Services Professionals (4th edition) with Alfred Kadushin. Marcia Egan is associate professor at the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee. She is author, with Goldie Kadushin, of Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care. The gerontological focus of her empirical research and scholarship contributes to the knowledge base for effective practice in home health practice.

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