As the needs of vulnerable populations continue to grow, so does the need for adequate programs and innovations. High rates of poverty and homelessness, increasing alcohol and drug abuse, escalating teen violence, and inadequate services for persons with severe mental illness are just a few of the current problems brought on by the changing nature of society in the United States. Unfortunately, traditional approaches and programs have not proven effective in meeting the needs of vulnerable populations. New innovations in practice and service delivery are clearly needed, but the current literature is extremely segmented and offers no systematic, research-based approaches to the issues and problems. Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery Across the Lifespan, the first text in the exciting new series Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery with Vulnerable Populations, presents an introduction and overview of the issues to be presented in later volumes, all of which will focus on specific populations and practice and service delivery innovations. This text offers an interdisciplinary approach to the examination of innovations in direct practice and service delivery and lays out a conceptual framework for working with vulnerable groups. It offers the latest techniques and strategies to effectively deal with a range of problems that people face throughout their lives, from infancy through old age, including homelessness, alcohol and drug abuse, teen violence, and mental illness. Divided into four parts, the text begins with a conceptual overview developed by the editors and several contributors. The remaining sections focus on children and adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Each section defines the relevant population; discusses where innovation is needed; presents an overview of the types of innovations which are taking place; and outlines the implications for practice, service delivery, policy, and research. Written by leading scholars in social work and related fields in mental health and human services, the chapters synthesize the development and application of knowledge concerning practice and delivery relevant to a variety of problems and populations. Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery Across the Lifespan not only introduces practitioners and students to innovations that have been successful, but offers empirical evidence to support the conclusions. It is an ideal text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in social work and other related fields as well as for practitioners and policymakers interested in the latest practice and service delivery innovations.

Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery Across the Lifespan (Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery with Vulnerable Populations)

Politics & Social Sciences

Biegel, David E.

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

Among the significant trends in human services during the 1980s has been the emergence of emphasis on social networks and social supports in research, prevention, and treatment efforts. Today's human service professionals and planners routinely incorporate information about social networks and social supports into assessments and interventions for a wide range of individual and community problems. Social Support Networks is the most comprehensive, up-to-date bibliography yet published on the theory, research, and practical application of social support networks. Containing approximately 2,700 references, it offers detailed listings for journal articles, books, book chapters, and published reports which appeared from 1983 to 1987.In recent years, social support networks have become a focus for research and scholarship in anthropology, epidemiology, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social work, and sociology. The literature represented in this bibliography includes a focus on theory, research, practice, and policy drawn from these as well as other disciplines. As such, the volume lends itself to the transfer of ideas and practice across various branches of the social support intervention field, particularly addressing the requirements of practitioners who may feel they have become limited in their response to social problems by relying on their agencies' traditional ways of meeting client needs. The bibliography is divided into five major headings: Overview and Theory, Research-Physical Health, Research-Mental Health, Intervention, and Professional Roles and Policy, and all entries are consecutively numbered to aid cross-referencing by the Author and Subject Indexes. To further facilitate cross-referencing, many Subject Index terms also have sub-indices. This important reference tool will be welcomed by service providers and planners in gerontology, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social work, sociology, anthropology, and urban affairs.

Social Support Networks

Abell, Neil

Farkas, Kathleen

Goodin, Jacqueline

Friedman, Bruce

Greenwood

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of family caregiving for adults who are dependent because of chronic illness. Focusing on five specific diseases - Alzheimer′s, cancer, chronic mental illness, heart disease and stroke - the authors present and assess existing research and practice relating to family caregiving.

Family Caregiving in Chronic Illness (Family Caregiver Applications series)

Schulz, Richard

Sales, Esther

Sage Publications, Inc.

Aging and Caregiving: Theory, Research, and Policy (SAGE Focus Editions)

This book provides human service practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students with a comprehensive analysis of the role and function of family caregiving in societies with dependent elderly populations. It begins with an overview of theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues in caregiving. A number of empirical studies which address these issues are then presented. Finally the contributors explore the implications for social policy resulting from our understanding of caregiving knowledge, identify gaps and provide new studies which address these gaps, give direction to practice interventions and illuminate implications for public policy.

Blum, Arthur

This book provides human service practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students with a comprehensive analysis of the role and function of family caregiving in societies with dependent elderly populations. It begins with an overview of theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues in caregiving. A number of empirical studies which address these issues are then presented. Finally the contributors explore the implications for social policy resulting from our understanding of caregiving knowledge, identify gaps and provide new studies which address these gaps, give direction to practice interventions and illuminate implications for public policy.

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Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery Across the Lifespan (Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery with Vulnerable Populations)

Social Support Networks

Family Caregiving in Chronic Illness (Family Caregiver Applications series)

Family Caregiving in Chronic Illness (Family Caregiver Applications series)

Aging and Caregiving: Theory, Research, and Policy (SAGE Focus Editions)

Aging and Caregiving: Theory, Research, and Policy (SAGE Focus Editions)