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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782548003321

Autore

Brody Claire M

Titolo

Strategies for therapy with the elderly [[electronic resource] ] : living with hope and meaning / / Claire M. Brody, Vicki G. Semel with contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c2006

ISBN

1-281-81853-4

9786611818531

0-8261-9789-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SemelVicki Granet

Disciplina

618.97/68914

Soggetti

Psychotherapy for older people

Older people - Mental health services

Older people - Mental health services - Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Nursing Homes; PART III: Issues of the Elderly in the Community; PART IV: Private Practice; PART V: Relevant Issues and Approaches for Therapy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Newly revised and updated! In this second edition, Brody and Semel contend that meaningful and successful therapy can be accomplished with an aging population, debunking the belief that the elderly can not pick up or put into practice newly acquired information. Rather, the way in which therapy with aging adults is approached may affect the way in which the therapist initially experiences and reacts to the client because of stereotypes about aging.: This book encompasses three major areas of work with elderly clients aged 60 years and older:.; Living in nursing homes; Living in assisted living