Helping Relationships With Older Adults
From Theory to Practice
Adelle M. Williams
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
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Names: Williams, Adelle M., author.
Title: Helping relationships with older adults : from theory to practice / Adelle M. Williams.
Description: First Edition. | Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016005370 | ISBN 9781483344584 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Older people. | Social work with older people. | Older people—Services for. | Older people—Medical care.
Classification: LCC HQ1061 .W495 2016 | DDC 362.6—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016005370
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Brief Contents
5 Section I Overview of the Aging Process, Aging Theories, Positive Aging, and the Helping Process1.Introduction2.Historical Perspectives and Changing Attitudes Toward Older Adults3.Characteristics of Positive Older Adults and the Helping Process
6 Section II Common Issues and Problematic Behaviors Experienced by Older Adults4.Health Challenges That Impact the Well-Being of Older Adults5.Challenging Conditions Experienced by Older Adults6.Family Issues and Support Systems7.Loss and Its Effect on Older Adults8.Opportunities in Later Life
7 Section III Professional Practice in Working With Older Adults9.Skills, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Effective Practitioners10.Professional Practice With Goals for Older Adults11.Therapeutic Approaches and Appropriateness for Older Clients12.Future Trends
8 Index
Detailed Contents
5 Section I Overview of the Aging Process, Aging Theories, Positive Aging, and the Helping Process
