What is the difference between gerontological and geriatric social work? Define and provide specific examples of the nature of each realm of practice.
What will be an ideal response?
Gerontological social work is based on biopsychosocial-spiritual knowledge of the aging process. Gerontological social workers enhance developmental, problem-solving, and coping abilities of older people and their family members; promote effective and humane operation of delivery systems that provide services and resources to older adults and their families; link older clients with systems that provide them with opportunities, resources, and services; and enhance the creation and improvement of social policies that better people's functioning across their life course. Geriatric social work is grounded in interventions with older adults who have health concerns; geriatrics is thus focused on physiological changes in aging and on health care. Geriatric social work practice mostly centers on family caregiving, because about 80% of the care for older adults is rendered by informal support systems (Rizzo & Rowe, 2006). Geriatric social workers also provide community care via hospitals or facilities (e.g., long-term care, assisted living, respite care, and dementia care), home environments, and communities.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A lesbian woman comes in for an assessment. She says she is drinking
more because her partner is in the hospital with a terminal disease and she is not permitted to stay with her because of state laws. The assessor should probably ________. A. help the client campaign for visitation rights and protest state policies B. refer the client to a gay affirmative resource C. assess use/misuse/abuse of alcohol; refer the client to a welcoming religious organization to help her deal with the impending death of her loved one D. assess use/misuse/abuse of alcohol; refer the client to a gay affirmative resource specializing in LGBT issues such as hospital visitation