Lynch Rory - Social Work Practice With Older People A Positive Person - Centred Approach - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Older people are the biggest service user group for social workers and an increasing proportion of the population. In this refreshingly positive and practical textbook Rory Lynch draws on years of practice and teaching experience to show how to achieve best social work practice with older adults. He takes a person - centred approach which fosters respect by valuing the fact that elderly people have more lived experience than others. Exploring the key theoretical approaches and methods of intervention this book helps social workers to identify understand and facilitate their service users wishes for well - being and a fulfilling older age. Chapters are practice - driven containing case studies drawn from a range of care settings reflective questions and exercises. Mapping directly onto the key modules on the social work degree this is essential reading for all student social workers especially as they prepare to go on their practice placement. It is also valuable reading for qualified social workers. Rory Lynch is Lecturer in Social Work at Robert Gordon University.
Title: Social Work Practice With Older People A Positive Person - Centred Approach
Author(s): Lynch Rory
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Barcode: 9781446201848
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 11/13/2013
Category: Care Of The Elderly