Working with the elderly : group process and techniques / Irene Burnside.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents. Chapter 1 Demography and aging -- Chapter 2 History and overview of group work with the elderly -- Chapter 3 Principles of group therapy by Linden -- Chapter 4 Life-review therapy: putting memories to work -- Chapter 5 Principles from Yalom -- Chapter 6 Fundamental interpersonal orientation -- Chapter 7 Group work in a day care center -- Chapter 8 Education for group work -- Chapter 9 Group contracts -- Chapter 10 Group membership -- Chapter 11 Problems in leadership and maintenance -- Chapter 12 Using patients as co leaders -- Chapter 13 Group work with the cognitively impaired -- Chapter 14 Reality orientation: a review of the literature -- Chapter 15 Reality orientation and clinical practice -- Chapter 16 Remotivation therapy -- Chapter 17 Music therapy -- Chapter 18 Dance movement therapy -- Chapter 19 Family sculpting: a combination of modalities -- Chapter 20 Self-help groups -- Chapter 21 Group psychotherapy with the elderly -- Chapter 22 Use of volunteer as group leaders -- Chapter 23 Reminiscing, dying, and counseling: a contextual approach -- Chapter 24 Group reminiscing for the depressed intitutionalized elderly -- Chapter 25 The use of life review activity -- Chapter 26 Reminiscing groups in board-and-care homes -- Chapter 27 A nurse's perspective -- Chapter 28 A psychiatrist's perspective -- Chapter 29 A social worker's perspective -- Chapter 30 A psychologist's perspective -- Chapter 31 A counselor's perspective -- Chapter 32 A bibliotherapist's perspective -- Chapter 33 A music therapy perspective -- Chapter 34 A volunteer's perspective -- Chapter 35 Responsibilities of the preceptor -- Chapter 36 A method of teaching group work -- Chapter 37 Group work and professional curricula -- Chapter 38 Epilogue.

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