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Format:
Paperback
208 pp.
152 mm x 226 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190615260

Copyright Year:
2013

Imprint: OUP US

Citizenship Social Work With Older People

Malcolm Payne

Series : Lyceum

In this book, Payne illustrates society's inclination to discount and disregard older people and encourages readers to combat their personal biases to improve service care for older adults. Citizenship Social Work with Older People emphasizes the importance of older people being fully recognized as complete members of society (as citizens) by others and particularly by social work practitioners.

This book actively challenges current theories of aging that foster ideas about the exclusion of older people, and promotes the idea of older people being considered functional citizens and deserving equal treatment during later stages of life. The author provides readers with many valuable resources including case examples and suggestions for how social workers can change their own ideologies about older people, which further aid practitioners in providing quality care and improving the quality of life of their clients.

Readership : Graduate and undergraduate students in social work, social welfare, human services, and related fields.

Reviews

"Articulate, informed and critical, this book will be a good read for student and practicing social workers. Malcolm Payne has empathy with his subject but not sentimentality. His case studies are reflective and readable."
--Jill Manthorpe, Research King's College London
"This comprehensive, optimistic and engaging book is an invaluable resource. Using thought-provoking case studies and reflective pauses, Malcolm Payne challenges ageist practice, giving helpful pointers for creative, critical practice at individual and community levels."
--Karen Postle, Independent Practice Educator
"This book strikes a new chord in social work. The approach will engage many different people. Pause and reflect breaks make the text both accessible and meaningful."
--Jan Fook, Dalhousie University, Canada
"It provides a stimulating and broad international perspective on a range of ideas and services relevant to citizens of an older generation."
--Janet Bardsley, Journal of Ageing and Society
"The ideas presented in this book are certain to expand social workers' scope of practice with older adults locally, nationally, and internationally. The author's citizenship social work perspective will make a valuable contribution as a text in case management, gerontology, policy, direct practice, and human behavior and the social environment courses." --Mercedes Bern-Klug, The Gerontologist, Vol. 53, No. 3

Introduction
1. Exploring Aging and Older People's Lives
2. Integrating Older People and Their Services
3. Social Provision for Older People
4. Social Work Skills with Older People
5. Critical Practice with Older People
6. Creative Practice with Older People
7. Group and Macro Practice with Older People
8. Social Exclusion Issues
References
Index

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Malcolm Payne (PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University) is a policy and development adviser at St. Christopher's Hospice in London and visiting professor at Opole University in Poland. He has done work in advocacy for children in the public care system and teamwork and management consultancy in social care. He continues to play a significant role in international social work teaching around the globe, working on projects in Russia, China, Japan, and Eastern Europe.

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Special Features

Reflective questions at the end of each chapter.
Exercises that promote exploration of values, beliefs, attitudes, and biases.
Internet resources describing trends and approaches to practice.