Torres / Donnelly Critical Gerontology for Social Workers

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6046-9
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

Reihe: Research in Social Work

This original collection explores how critical gerontology can make sense of old age inequalities to inform and improve social work research, policy and practice and empower older people.

With examples of practice-facing research, this book engages with key debates on age-related human rights and social justice issues. The critical and conceptual focus will expand the horizons of those who work with older people, addressing the current challenges, issues and opportunities that they face.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Torres, Sandra

Donnelly, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Social work and critical gerontology: why the former needs the latter ~ Sarah Donnelly and Sandra Torres

Part I: Critical gerontology as guiding principles for social work for older people

The life course and old age ~ Alisoun Milne

Human rights and older people ~ Joan R. Harbison

Agency and autonomy ~ Paul Higgs

Poverty and late-life homelessness ~ Amanda Grenier and Tamara Sussman

Sexuality and rights in later life ~ Paul Willis and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

Ethnicity, race and migrancy ~ Sandra Torres

Part II: Applying the critical gerontological lens to social work research, policy and practice

Assessment, care planning and decision making ~ Anna Olaison and Sarah Donnelly

Elder abuse ~ Lorna Montgomery and Gemma M. Carney

Dementia: a disability and a human rights concern ~ Suzanne Cahill

User involvement ~ Peter Beresford

Opportunities and future prospects for gerontological social work with a critical lens ~ Marjaana Seppänen and Mo Ray

Über Autor(innen)

Torres, Sandra
Sandra Torres is a Professor of Sociology and the Chair in Social Gerontology at Uppsala University, Sweden whose scholarly contributions often aim to expand the gerontological imagination on ethnicity, race and migration.

Sandra Torres is Professor of Sociology and Chair of Social Gerontology at Uppsala University.

Sarah Donnelly is Assistant Professor of Social Work at University College Dublin.