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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging: The Role of Gerontological Social Work

Editat de Noell Rowan, Nancy Giunta
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 ian 2015
This edited collection emphasizes the role of social work practice and research related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) aging. It highlights LGBT aging from a gerontological social work perspective by incorporating key values of the profession such as cultural competence, dignity, strengths, and resilience of the population while it offers an important contribution to the body of knowledge to the interdisciplinary field of aging.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138842083
ISBN-10: 1138842087
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

1. Introduction: Building Capacity in Gerontological Social Work for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults and Their Loved Ones  2. Creating a Vision for the Future: Key Competencies and Strategies for Culturally Competent Practice With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults in the Health and Human Services  3. Same-Sex Sexual Relationships in the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project: Making a Case for Data Collection  4. Hidden or Uninvited? A Content Analysis of Elder LGBT of Color Literature in Gerontology  5. Gender Transitions in Later Life: The Significance of Time in Queer Aging  6. Resilience in Attaining and Sustaining Sobriety Among Older Lesbians With Alcoholism  7. Broadening Definitions of Family for Older Lesbians: Modifying the Lubben Social Network Scale  8. GayBy Boomers’ Social Support: Exploring the Connection Between Health and Emotional and Instrumental Support in Older Gay Men  9. Acceptance in the Domestic Environment: The Experience of Senior Housing for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Seniors  10. The Highs and Lows of Caregiving for Chronically Ill Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Elders  11. Older Lesbians and Bereavement: Experiencing the Loss of a Partner  12. Developing Understanding of Same-Sex Partner Bereavement for Older Lesbian and Gay People: Implications for Social Work Practice  13. Assessing Capacity for Providing Culturally Competent Services to LGBT Older Adults  14. Working With LGBT Older Adults: An Assessment of Employee Training Practices, Needs, and Preferences of Senior Service Organizations in Minnesota  15. Assessing the Efficacy of LGBT Cultural Competency Training for Aging Services Providers in California’s Central Valley  16. "I Want to Know More About Who We Are": New Directions for Research With Older Lesbians  17. Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Understanding the Pervasive Needs of Older LGBT Adults and the Value of Social Work in Health Care  18. "They Just Don’t Have a Clue": Transgender Aging and Implications for Social Work  19. The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging Provides Critical Training to Aging Service Providers  20. Film Review: Transgender Tuesdays: A Clinic in the Tenderloin, by Mark Freeman 

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This edited collection emphasizes the role of social work practice and research related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) aging. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.