Social Work with the Aged and Their Families presents the functional-age model (FAM) of intergenerational treatment, an integrative theoretical framework for social workers practicing with older adults and their families.

Greene, Roberta R.

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Preface and Acknowledgments

1 Introduction to the Functional-Age Model (FAM) of Intergenerational Treatment
2 Engagement: Beginning the Helping Process
3 Assessment and Biological Age
4 Psychological Age
5 Sociocultural and Spiritual Aspects of Functional Age
6 The Family as a Social System
7 FAM: The Family as a Set of Reciprocal Roles and Developmental Unit
8 The Functional-Age Model (FAM) and Individual and Family Intervention
9 The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Treatment: Group- and Community-Based Approaches

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