caa a22 4500 397576331 CHVBK 20180308164857.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199607 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/cdj/31.3.230 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/cdj/31.3.230 Kam Ping-Kwong City University of Hong Kong Empowering Elderly People: A Community Work Approach [Elektronische Daten] [Ping-Kwong Kam] Traditional social work services for elderly people place an emphasis on enabling them to adapt to changes arising from old age. The levels of social work intervention are limited to individuals and families. The crucial problems of a sense of powerlessness, helplessness, low self-esteem and low self-efficacy possessed by elderly people are inadequately addressed by existing elderly services and intervention approaches. In response to the social and political changes in contemporary society, a community work approach can be a useful method to change old people from passive clients into active and empowered individuals with a positive self-image. It is effective in strengthening elderly people's contact with the community, eliminating elderly people's negative self-image, protecting elderly rights, and increasing their capacity to influence policy-making. © Oxford University Press Articles nationallicence Community Development Journal Oxford University Press 31/3(1996-07), 230-240 0010-3802 31:3<230 1996 31 cdj https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/31.3.230 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/31.3.230 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kam Ping-Kwong City University of Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Development Journal Oxford University Press 31/3(1996-07), 230-240 0010-3802 31:3<230 1996 31 cdj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford