Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging

Regular price €65.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
Age LGBT Population
Bisexual
Care Recipients
Category=JKSN
CCT
cultural competence social work
Disenfranchised Grief
elder care diversity
Elderly Social Work
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Gay
Gerontological Social Work
GLBT Elder
GLBT Senior
Health Care Providers
inclusive senior housing
Large LGBT Community
Lesbian
LGB
LGBT Adult
LGBT Ageing
LGBT Aging
LGBT Aging Issue
LGBT CCT
LGBT Client
LGBT Community
LGBT Health
LGBT Individual
LGBT Issue
LGBT mental health services
LGBT Older Adult
LGBT People
LGBT Population
Lubben Social Network Scale
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Provide LGBT Service
queer gerontology
resilience in ageing
social work practice with LGBT elders
Transgender

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138057159
  • Weight: 670g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Oct 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns

This edited collection emphasizes the role of social work practice and research related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) aging. It highlights LGBT aging from a gerontological social work perspective by incorporating key values of the profession such as cultural competence, dignity, strengths, and resilience of the population while it offers an important contribution to the body of knowledge to the interdisciplinary field of aging.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

Nancy Giunta is a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, Assistant Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA. Her research explores collaborative interventions to improve culturally competent services for elders in community settings. Noell L. Rowan is a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, Associate Professor, and Coordinator of BSW Program at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. Her research focuses on LGBT populations and the intersection with aging and mental health and addiction, resiliency and quality of life.