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2. Gerontology - Wikipedia

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   Social gerontology is a multi-disciplinary sub-field that specializes in studying or working with older adults. Social gerontologists may have degrees or training in social work, nursing, psychology, sociology, demography, public health, or other social science disciplines. Social gerontologists are responsible for educating, researching, and ...

3. Social work - Wikipedia

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   Social work is a broad profession that intersects with several disciplines. Social work organizations offer the following definitions: Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people.

4. Qualifications for professional social work - Wikipedia

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   A social worker, practicing in the United States, usually requires a bachelor's degree (BSW or BASW) in social work from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited program to receive a license in most states, although may have a master's degree or a doctoral degree (Ph.D or DSW). The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree is a four-year ...

5. Clinical social work - Wikipedia

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   The Clinical Social Worker in Gerontology (CSW-G) is a specialty credential offered by NASW to clinical social workers who specialize in working in the area of gerontology; NASW membership is not required to obtain the CSW-G. [37] The Certified Clinical Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Social Worker (C-CATODSW) is a specialty credential for ...

6. Madonna Harrington Meyer - Wikipedia

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   She is the author of Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs (2014), which won the Gerontological Society of America's Kalish Book Award. [3] She is also the co-author of Grandparenting Children with Disabilities (2020) with Ynesse Abdul-Malak, co-editor of Grandparenting in the United States (2016) with Abdul-Malak, and co-editor of ...

7. Geriatrics - Wikipedia

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   Geriatrics is highly interdisciplinary consisting of specialty providers from the fields of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, physical and occupational therapy. Elderly patients can receive care related to medication management, pain management, psychiatric and memory care, rehabilitation, long-term nursing care, nutrition and different ...