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“I am enthusiastic about this publication…it is an excellent manuscript–well-conceived, well-written, and the contributors all appear to be very well-qualified.”
–Philip Popple, Western Michigan University
This book will be helpful to you in teaching policy, practice, or introductory social work courses at the BSW or MSW level if you want to:
Generate stimulating discussion and debate among your students on how social work's roles are changing now, and may change further in the future; Expose your students to the thoughts and opinions of many of today's leaders in social work education, in essays specially written for this volume.
Social Workers as Advocates for Elders
Social Workers as Advocates for Elders
By the middle of the 21st century, 22% of the total U.S. population will be elderly. Growth rates in this demographic category will be particularly striking among racial and ethnic minority groups. This essay by Iris Carlton-LaNey, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses the unique potential contribution of social workers in improving the quality of life for older Americans, particularly those who will be economically, socially, psychologically, and physiologically vulnerable in the decades ahead. Social work practice in this area, she asserts, will need to combine micro and macro approaches and take into account the growing roles that both work and leisure ...
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