登入
選單
返回
Google圖書搜尋
Lifting Our Voices
Joyce Octavia Beckett
其他書名
The Journeys Into Family Caregiving of Professional Social Workers
出版
Columbia University Press
, 2008
主題
Family & Relationships / Eldercare
Medical / Caregiving
Psychology / General
Social Science / Gerontology
Social Science / Social Work
Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family
ISBN
0231140606
9780231140607
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7TPKZbvtQYsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
SAMPLE
註釋
Lifting Our Voices
is the only book to explore the dual roles of professional social workers who are also family caregivers and the only collection on caregiving in which the majority of contributors are African American. After discussing the relevant literature,
Lifting Our Voices
vividly and sensitively presents the caregiving experiences of ten professional social workers. Using professional and theoretical knowledge and skills, each contributor draws implications for various levels of social work and human service interventions. These poignant descriptions and analyses recount both the frustrations and barriers of negotiating social service agencies and other institutions and the joys and triumphs of family caregiving.
Lifting Our Voices
frankly discusses how a professional education either prepares or fails to equip an individual with the skills for successful intervention on behalf of a loved one. Contributors hail from rich and varied backgrounds, revealing the importance of age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, and gerontological expertise in the practice of family caregiving.
These essays explore situations rarely reported on in the literature, such as caregivers and care recipients who represent the lifespan from preschool to retirement.
Lifting Our Voices
graphically describes types of caregiving that are seldom discussed, including simultaneous caregiving to multiple family members and reciprocal and sequential caregiving, thus broadening and refining the very concepts of "caregiving" and "family."