Promoting the psychosocial health of the elderly — The role of social workers
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Date Issued
2011
Publisher
Routledge
Related Publication(s)
Social work, health, and international development: Compassion in social policy and practice
Start page
91
End page
110
Abstract
With the ageing of the global population, the wellbeing of older people in different parts of the world merits special attention. However, recent findings on certain aspects of the psychosocial health of the elderly are far from reassuring. The first problem is the inconsistency in psychosocial indicators, which give simultaneous high life satisfaction scores and high suicide rates. The second problem is the significant weakening of the social support network of the elderly. This article analyses the service and policy implications of these two problems, Suggestions are then made on the role of social workers in promoting the psychosocial health of the elderly at different levels of intervention, which include the individual level, the family and social network level, the community level and the international level.
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