Group Work with the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography

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Through the process of group dynamics, many of today's elderly have found solutions to problems by participating in groups. The field of group work with the elderly, much like the aging population itself, has grown dramatically in recent years. It is used extensively as a service modality in a wide variety of community and institutional settings serving older persons and their families. This book provides a needed resource to the interdisciplinary literature on group work for use by professional researchers, practitioners, educators, family members, and older persons themselves, seeking to take control of this life stage. The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide social workers, counselors, group facilitators, activity directors, researchers, and other mental health professionals with a compilation of state-of-the-art references found in the group work literature. The literature spans over a period of 25 years from 1970-1996 and identifies 451 resources.

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.,."provides a useful resource for both academic and practical applications of group work with older adults."-Contemporary Gerontology
...provides a useful resource for both academic and practical applications of group work with older adults.-Contemporary Gerontology
[T]his annotated bibliography on group work with the elderly will be valued by those who are interested in the use of group work interventions and their outcomes from both research and practice perspectives....Readers will appreciate the excellent organization, clear and descriptive annotations, helpful indexes, and wide coverage of works on group work. In summary, this book is an excellent source for professionals in the field of aging who wish to have an up-to-date compilation of annotated references on group work with the elderly.-Clinical Gerontologist
"This annotated bibliography on group work with the elderly will be valued by those who are interested in the use of group work interventions and their outcomes from both research and practice perspectives....Readers will appreciate the excellent organization, clear and descriptive annotations, helpful indexes, and wide coverage of works on group work. In summary, this book is an excellent source for professionals in the field of aging who wish to have an up-to-date compilation of annotated references on group work with the elderly."-Clinical Gerontologist
..."provides a useful resource for both academic and practical applications of group work with older adults."-Contemporary Gerontology
"[T]his annotated bibliography on group work with the elderly will be valued by those who are interested in the use of group work interventions and their outcomes from both research and practice perspectives....Readers will appreciate the excellent organization, clear and descriptive annotations, helpful indexes, and wide coverage of works on group work. In summary, this book is an excellent source for professionals in the field of aging who wish to have an up-to-date compilation of annotated references on group work with the elderly."-Clinical Gerontologist

Author Bio

RONALD H. ADAY is Director of Aging Studies and Professor of Sociology at Middle Tennessee University. He is Executive Director of the Tennessee Association of Gerontology/Geriatric Education. He has contributed to a variety of journals and also authored Crime and the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1988). He has received the Distinguished Research Award from NCOA/NISC. KATHRYN L. ADAY is a graduate student in Social Work at the University of Alabama. She received her BSW and Gerontology Certificate from Middle Tennessee State University. She previously worked as a geriatric group therapist and has published in the area of intergenerational relations.