TY - JOUR
T1 - Life Strengths Interview Guide
T2 - Assessing Elder Clients' Strengths
AU - Kivnick, Helen Q.
AU - Murray, Shirley V.
PY - 2001/5/30
Y1 - 2001/5/30
N2 - While standardization of assessment tools in gerontological social work permits comparability across individuals, and within individuals across time paradoxically, this same standardization eliminates from consideration those individual differences that may have most to do with client outcomes. This manuscript presents a theoretical and practical basis for assessing strengths in frail elder clients, and for utilizing these strengths in designing and implementing individual case plans. Further, we introduce an assessment tool, in the form of a set of specific questions that may be utilized by practitioners in meaningfully gathering information about personal strengths and assets from frail elder clients.
AB - While standardization of assessment tools in gerontological social work permits comparability across individuals, and within individuals across time paradoxically, this same standardization eliminates from consideration those individual differences that may have most to do with client outcomes. This manuscript presents a theoretical and practical basis for assessing strengths in frail elder clients, and for utilizing these strengths in designing and implementing individual case plans. Further, we introduce an assessment tool, in the form of a set of specific questions that may be utilized by practitioners in meaningfully gathering information about personal strengths and assets from frail elder clients.
KW - Assessment
KW - Frail elders
KW - Life strengths
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U2 - 10.1300/J083v34n04_03
DO - 10.1300/J083v34n04_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937334756
SN - 0163-4372
VL - 34
SP - 7
EP - 32
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
IS - 4
ER -