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Older Adult Inmates: The Challenge for Social Work
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Snyder, Cindy; van Wormer, Katherine; Chadha, Janice; Jaggers, Jeremiah W. – Social Work, 2009
Older adult inmates have grown both in proportion and in number due to the confluence of a number of factors. This aging of the prison population has created a host of policy and practice issues that encompass justice considerations, cost containment issues, and biopsychosocial care needs. The older prisoner's physical, social, and psychological…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Psychological Needs, Correctional Institutions, Older Adults