Contemporary Issues of Care - Hardback

Make sure your clients get the best possible care throughout their live
Contemporary Issues of Carepresents the latest research findings on human behavior and the social environment for social workers practicing at the individual, family, and community levels. This timely book applies the functional-age model on intergenerational therapy (FAM) to examine the interaction between the care recipient’s biopsychosocial and spiritual functioning and the capacity of the family/caregiver to adapt. The book’s contributors examine the functions of various social systems in caregiving as well as the social worker’s role in processing and integrating information to help develop family-centered and community-based interventions.
Contemporary Issues of Carefocuses on caregiving situations across the life span, using research findings to shape social work curriculum and to improve social work practice and services. With the family still the primary caregiving institution in the United States, the book examines the mutual interdependence among family members and the dynamic development of family structure and organization. An exemplary textbook for students in social work, the book also includes a workbook and CD.
Topics addressed in Contemporary Issues of Careincludeshifts in human behavior paradigm family systems intervention case managemen sibling caregivin the impact of culture on mental illness and mental healt the importance of self-car elder abus substance abus children with cance HIV/AID diabete posttraumatic stres inner-city challenge caregiving for gay men and lesbian caregiving for persons with dementi community caregiving and much moreContemporary Issues of Careis filled with charts, tables, diagrams, and sample interviews that supplement articles from the leading practitioners and academics in the field. This book is an essential resource for anyone involved in social work practice for individuals, families, and communities.