4th Edition

Social Work with the Aged and Their Families

By Roberta R. Greene Copyright 2016
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

Social Work with the Aged and Their Families presents the functional-age model (FAM) of intergenerational treatment, an integrative theoretical framework for social workers practicing with older adults and their families. In keeping with the Council on Social Work Education's curriculum mandate of 2015, social workers are now encouraged to use human behaviour theories in working with their... Read more


List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments

1 Introduction to the Functional-Age Model (FAM) of Intergenerational Treatment
2 Engagement: Beginning the Helping Process
3 Assessment and Biological Age
4 Psychological Age
5 Sociocultural and Spiritual Aspects of Functional Age
6 The Family as a Social System
7 FAM: The Family as a Set of Reciprocal Roles and Developmental Unit
8 The Functional-Age Model (FAM) and Individual and Family Intervention
9 The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Treatment: Group- and Community-Based Approaches

References

Index

Biography

Greene, Roberta R.