Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work.

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1. From the Editor -- 2. An Anguished Relationship: The White Aged Institutionalized Client and the Non-White Paraprofessional Worker -- Troubled Values and Assumptions -- Semantics and Reality -- Like It Is -- No More Cheap Hypocrisy -- 3. Autobiographical Notes of a Young-Old European-American Ethnic Social Gerontologist -- Issues for Social Work Research and Practice -- 4. "Around the Verge of Parting Life" : Hobart Jackson, The Stephen Smith Home, and Black Gerontology -- 5. Public Policies and Services for the Aged in Japan -- Cultural Position of the Aged in Japan -- Economic Condition of the Aged -- Health Care -- Work -- Family Life -- Future Trends -- Conclusion -- 6. Minority Elder Maltreatment: Ethnicity, Gender, Age, and Poverty -- Method -- Minority versus Non-Minority Profile -- The Elder's Circumstances -- Maltreatment Situation -- Intervention Plan -- Minority Within Group Differences -- Black versus Hispanic -- Females versus Males -- Age -- Official Poverty -- Discussion -- 7. Retired Israeli Social Workers: Work, Volunteer Activities, and Satisfaction Among Retired Professionals -- Method and Procedure -- Results -- 8. The Utilization of Social Services by the Mexican-American Elderly -- Conceptual Framework -- Data and Methods -- Measurement Section -- Findings -- Discussion -- 9. Asian American Elderly: A Neglected Minority Group -- Discriminatory Legislations -- Asian American Elderly of the First Generation -- False Assumptions -- As a Target Population -- Implications for Practice -- 10. Self-Help: Model for Strengthening the Informal Support System of the Hispanic Elderly -- Conceptual Framework -- Project Description -- Project Outcome and Findings -- Recommendations -- 11. Older Americans Act Related Homebound Aged: What Difference Does Racial Background Make? -- The Well-Being of Black and White Aged -- Methods and Procedures -- Black and White Service Consumers -- Discussion.

Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work presents a compassionate and illuminating update on ethnicity in this area of social work. This fine book looks at such topics as the relationship between white aged clients and non-white paraprofessional workers, minority elder maltreatment, the utilization of social services by the Mexican-American Elderly, the neglected Asian-American Elderly, public policies and services in Japan, and more.

English.

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