Allan V Kaufman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6187019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allan V Kaufman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allan V |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaufman |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFMAN A V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social Workers as Research Psychotherapists in an Investigation of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy among Rural Older Adults
A large proportion of service providers in our country are social workers. The use of social workers as mental health therapists however, has not been adequately evaluated in the literature. This aim of this study was to evaluate a sample of clinically trained, masters-level social workers in their delivery of in-home Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to a group of primarily rural, medically frail older adults. The social workers in this study r…
Helping Aging Parents of Adult Children with Serious Mental Illness
This manuscript reports the results of a study that pilot tested a home-delivered, multi-dimensional problem-solving intervention aimed at helping aging parental caregivers of adult children with schizophrenia. The results indicate that the participants (N=5) who received the 10-session intervention showed increased life satisfaction and emotional well being, and reduced feelings of burden, compared to those participants in the control group (N=1…
Family Caregiving to Those With Dementia in Rural Alabama: Racial Similarities and Differences
This study explored differences and similarities in the experiences of African American and White family caregivers of dementia patients living in rural Alabama. This cross-sectional survey used a caregiving stress model to investigate the interrelationships between caregiving burden, mediators, and outcomes. Random-digit-dialing telephone interviews were used to obtain data on a probability sample of 74 non-Hispanic White and 67 African American…
Providing Services to Family Caregivers: Implications for Social Work Education
Educating students about the special needs, circumstances and concerns of family caregivers and preparing them to provide meaningful and effective services to family caregivers, is a pivotal challenge for social work education. This paper provides an overview of family caregiving and discusses alternative methods for incorporating critical content on family caregiving into social work curricula
Social Work Intervention with the Aged: Toward a Change in the Institutionalized Thought Structure
The social problems associated with aging are viewed as derived from a series of socially defined meanings in the areas of: (1) power/authority,(2) responsibility, (3) productivity/work, (4) dependence/ independence,and (5) knowledge/rationality. A parallel series of alternative meanings is proposed which make possible the creation of alternative institutional forms which hold promise for making contemporary problems substantially obsolete. An er…
Family Caregiving to Those With Dementia in Rural Alabama: Racial Similarities and Differences
This study explored differences and similarities in the experiences of African American and White family caregivers of dementia patients living in rural Alabama. This cross-sectional survey used a caregiving stress model to investigate the interrelationships between caregiving burden, mediators, and outcomes. Random-digit-dialing telephone interviews were used to obtain data on a probability sample of 74 non-Hispanic White and 67 African American…
Helping Aging Parents of Adult Children with Serious Mental Illness
This manuscript reports the results of a study that pilot tested a home-delivered, multi-dimensional problem-solving intervention aimed at helping aging parental caregivers of adult children with schizophrenia. The results indicate that the participants (N=5) who received the 10-session intervention showed increased life satisfaction and emotional well being, and reduced feelings of burden, compared to those participants in the control group (N=1…
Social Work Intervention with the Aged: Toward a Change in the Institutionalized Thought Structure
The social problems associated with aging are viewed as derived from a series of socially defined meanings in the areas of: (1) power/authority,(2) responsibility, (3) productivity/work, (4) dependence/ independence,and (5) knowledge/rationality. A parallel series of alternative meanings is proposed which make possible the creation of alternative institutional forms which hold promise for making contemporary problems substantially obsolete. An er…
Providing Services to Family Caregivers: Implications for Social Work Education
Educating students about the special needs, circumstances and concerns of family caregivers and preparing them to provide meaningful and effective services to family caregivers, is a pivotal challenge for social work education. This paper provides an overview of family caregiving and discusses alternative methods for incorporating critical content on family caregiving into social work curricula
Family Caregiving to Those With Dementia in Rural Alabama: Racial Similarities and Differences
This study explored differences and similarities in the experiences of African American and White family caregivers of dementia patients living in rural Alabama. This cross-sectional survey used a caregiving stress model to investigate the interrelationships between caregiving burden, mediators, and outcomes. Random-digit-dialing telephone interviews were used to obtain data on a probability sample of 74 non-Hispanic White and 67 African American…
Helping Aging Parents of Adult Children with Serious Mental Illness
This manuscript reports the results of a study that pilot tested a home-delivered, multi-dimensional problem-solving intervention aimed at helping aging parental caregivers of adult children with schizophrenia. The results indicate that the participants (N=5) who received the 10-session intervention showed increased life satisfaction and emotional well being, and reduced feelings of burden, compared to those participants in the control group (N=1…
Social Workers as Research Psychotherapists in an Investigation of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy among Rural Older Adults
A large proportion of service providers in our country are social workers. The use of social workers as mental health therapists however, has not been adequately evaluated in the literature. This aim of this study was to evaluate a sample of clinically trained, masters-level social workers in their delivery of in-home Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to a group of primarily rural, medically frail older adults. The social workers in this study r…
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Family caregivers (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works) · Law (2 works)