Social Work with the Aged and Their Families

Roberta R. Greene was the Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare at the School of Social Work, University of Texas-Austin, USA. She has worked at the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers and has numerous publications. Colleen Galambos is professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Graduate Certificate in Gerontological Social Work, University of Missouri, USA. Harriet L. Cohen is a recipient of a Hartford Scholars award and a John Templeton grant on survival among Holocaust survivors. Nancy Greene is a licensed clinical social worker who works in home health care and hospice services.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPreface and Acknowledgments1 Introduction to the Functional-Age Model (FAM) of Intergenerational Treatment2 Engagement: Beginning the Helping Process3 Assessment and Biological Age4 Psychological Age5 Sociocultural and Spiritual Aspects of Functional Age6 The Family as a Social System7 FAM: The Family as a Set of Reciprocal Roles and Developmental Unit8 The Functional-Age Model (FAM) and Individual and Family Intervention9 The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Treatment: Group- and Community-Based ApproachesReferencesIndex