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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787873503321

Titolo

The uses of reminiscence : new ways of working with older adults / / Marc Kaminsky, guest editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-82406-7

1-315-82083-8

1-317-82405-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

Journal of Gerontological Social Work ; ; Volume 7, Numbers 1/2

Altri autori (Persone)

KaminskyMarc <1943->

Disciplina

305.2/6/0922

Soggetti

Gerontology - Biographical methods

Older people's writings, American

Social work with older people - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Has also been published as Journal of gerontological social work, volume 7, numbers 1/2, March 1984"--T.p. verso.

First published in 1984 by Haworth Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Time for Reclaiming the Past; I. MODES OF PRACTICE; Transfiguring Life: Images of Continuity Hidden Among the Fragments; The Passion of Recollection; Snug Harbor: Workshops at the National Maritime Union; A Stage for Memory: Living History Plays by Older Adults; At the Center of the Story; Tapping the Legacy; Heal, Body, Heal: Invocations to Hope and Health; About Ending; Minerva's Doll; II. CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES; The Uses of Reminiscence: A Discussion of the Formative Literature

Reminiscence and the Recovery of the Public WorldJourney Through the Feminine: The Life Review Poems of William Carlos Williams; Old People, Poetry, and Groups; Realities of Aging: Starting Points for Imaginative Work with the Elderly; A Kind of Odyssey; III. APPENDIX; A Bibliography on Reminiscence and Life Review; IV. NOTES; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

The meaning and value of reminiscence in the lives of elders is beautifully explored.