Social Work Practice With Older Adults

Jill Chonody is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Boise State University and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. She researches attitudes toward older adults amongst social work students, faculty, and practitioners and the ways that curriculum can address biases against vulnerable and oppressed populations, including older people. She is also interested in the way that creativity can be used in research, such photographic techniques, and psychometrics. Dr. Chonody has presented her research both nationally and internationally and has over 40 published articles and book chapters. Her first book, Community Art: Creative Approaches to Practice, provides an overview of different arts-based interventions that can be used by social workers, community organizers, and nurses, amongst others, and includes chapters on photography, street art, storytelling, and evaluation. Barbra Teater, PhD, MSW is Associate Professor of social work at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where she is director of the Master of Social Work (MSW) program and coordinator of the Disability Studies minor. She previously spent eight years in social work education in the United Kingdom at the University of Bath and the University of Bristol. Barbra currently teaches research methods to MSW students. Her research interests include health and well-being among older adults, evaluating programs that promote the Actively Aging framework, and social work education. Barbra has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters, and authored or edited seven textbooks including the bestselling text, An introduction to applying social work theories and methods.

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1 Introduction to AgingLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionWhat Is “Old” Age?Population ChangesCohort Effects and Impact on PracticeSummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities2 Aging and Ageism: Cultural InfluencesLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionAgeismTheoretical Explanations for AgeismAgeism and IntersectionalityReducing AgeismSummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities3 Actively Aging and Social Work PracticeLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionThe Development of Active AgingActive Aging and Other “Positive” Theories or Frameworks of AgingTheoretical Approaches to Social Work and Social Work Values and Ethical PrinciplesActive Aging From the Perspective of Older AdultsActively Aging: Social Work Assessment and InterventionSummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities4 Health DeterminantsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionHealth Promotion and Disease Prevention EffortsAge-Related DisabilitiesMental Health and Neurocognitive DisordersNoncommunicable Diseases (NCD)Informal and Formal SupportsMicro Practice: Intervention for Individuals and GroupsMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities5 Behavioral DeterminantsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionHealth and Well-Being and the Big Four BehaviorsTobacco UseAlcohol and Substance UsePhysical ActivityDietSleepSexual ActivityOral HealthMedications and Healthcare ScreeningsMicro Practice: Interventions for Individuals and GroupsMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities6 Personal DeterminantsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionBiology and GenesPsychological FactorsSpirituality/ReligionMicro Practice: Interventions for Individuals and GroupsMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities7 Social DeterminantsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionSocial SupportViolence, Abuse, Neglect, and ExploitationEducation and LiteracyMicro Practice: Interventions for Individuals and GroupsMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities8 Economic DeterminantsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionIncomeWork and RetirementSocial ProtectionMicro Practice: Interventions for Individuals and GroupsMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities9 Physical DeterminantsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionSafe HousingEnvironmental FactorsMicro Practice: Intervention for Individuals and GroupsMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Question and Activities10 Ethics and Ethical ConsiderationsLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionEthicsAutonomyIndependenceElder AbuseEnd-of-LifeSummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and Activities11 Actively Aging and Social Work Practice: Case StudiesCase A: SylviaCase B: RandallCase C: RobertoCase D: ElizabethActively Aging Assessment12 The Future of an Actively Aging SocietyLEARNING OBJECTIVESIntroductionMicro Practice: Intervention for Individuals and GroupsGroup WorkMezzo Practice: Working With the CommunityMacro Practice: Policy and AdvocacySummaryKey WordsCritical Thinking Questions and ActivitiesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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