Family Group Conferencing for older adults : social workers views Rosalie N. Metze, Tineke A. Abma and M.H. Kwekkeboom
By: Metze, Rosalie N
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Contributor(s): Abma, Tineke A | Kwekkeboom, M.H.
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ArticleSeries: Journal of Social Work.Publisher: Sage, 2018Subject(s): ELDER ABUSE | FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES | INTERVENTION | SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE | THE NETHERLANDSOnline resources: Read abstract
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Journal of Social Work, 2018, Advance online publication, 2 March 2018Summary: Family Group Conferencing as deployed in child care might be useful in elderly care to strengthen older adults’ social networks and self-mastery. When Family Group Conferencing was implemented for older adults in the Netherlands, social workers were reluctant to refer. To discover reasons for this reluctance, we examined social workers’ views and attitudes concerning Family Group Conferencing for their clients. (From authors' abstract). Record #5803
Journal of Social Work, 2018, Advance online publication, 2 March 2018
Family Group Conferencing as deployed in child care might be useful in elderly care to strengthen older adults’ social networks and self-mastery. When Family Group Conferencing was implemented for older adults in the Netherlands, social workers were reluctant to refer. To discover reasons for this reluctance, we examined social workers’ views and attitudes concerning Family Group Conferencing for their clients. (From authors' abstract). Record #5803
