Social Work Practice with Older Adults: An Actively Aging Framework for Practice

Social Work Practice With Older Adults by Jill Chonody and Barbra Teater presents a contemporary framework based on the World Health Organization's active aging policy that allows forward-thinking students to focus on client strengths and resources when working with the elderly. The Actively Aging framework takes into account health, social, behavioral, economic, and personal factors as they relate to aging, but also explores environmental issues, which aligns with the new educational standards put forth by the Council on Social Work Education. Covering micro, mezzo, and macro practice domains, the text examines all aspects of working with aging populations, from assessment through termination.

About the Author
Teater, Barbra A.: -

Barbra Teater, PhD, MSW is Associate Professor of social work at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where she is director of the Master of Social Work (MSW) program and coordinator of the Disability Studies minor. She previously spent eight years in social work education in the United Kingdom at the University of Bath and the University of Bristol. Barbra currently teaches research methods to MSW students. Her research interests include health and well-being among older adults, evaluating programs that promote the Actively Aging framework, and social work education. Barbra has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters, and authored or edited seven textbooks including the bestselling text, An introduction to applying social work theories and methods.

Chonody, Jill M.: - Jill Chonody is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Boise State University and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. She researches attitudes toward older adults amongst social work students, faculty, and practitioners and the ways that curriculum can address biases against vulnerable and oppressed populations, including older people. She is also interested in the way that creativity can be used in research, such photographic techniques, and psychometrics. Dr. Chonody has presented her research both nationally and internationally and has over 40 published articles and book chapters. Her first book, Community Art: Creative Approaches to Practice, provides an overview of different arts-based interventions that can be used by social workers, community organizers, and nurses, amongst others, and includes chapters on photography, street art, storytelling, and evaluation.