Social Work Practice with Older Adult ((3))

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of social work practice with older adults and their families. It builds upon and expands foundation coursework theories about human development, personality, and the social environment as it relates to an ethnically diverse, aging society. Social work practice with older adults at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels will be a focus. Special topics to be covered will include the interaction between and among: poverty, gender issues, ethnicity, caregiving, elder abuse, long term care, religion and spirituality, legal issues, mental health, health care, and advocacy.