Group techniques for aging adults : putting geriatric skills enhancement into practice / / Kathie T. Erwin

• Autore: Erwin Kathie T. <1950-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.6/9
• Soggetto topico: Social work with older people; Social group work; Older people - Care
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Group modalities list -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Stages of elder groups -- Designing groups for diverse elder populations -- Group leadership -- Group location -- Funding for geriatric groups -- Group modalities for the mind -- Group modalities for the body -- Group modalities for social -- Group modalities for the spirit -- The future of geriatric groups -- References -- Resources -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Elders can struggle with issues of social isolation and self-esteem, and benefit from having positive coping skills at their disposal. The practical ideas Kathie Erwin imparts in this second edition help mental health professionals working with elderly populations to create an interactive, multi-modal program that addresses the issues and needs elders have. The group modalities are defined in holistic contexts of mind, body, society, and spirituality. Among the group modalities are reminiscence, bibliotherapy, remotivation, humor, expressive art, and therapeutic writing and sacred spaces, whic
• Titolo autorizzato: Group techniques for aging adults
• ISBN: 1-136-17729-9; 0-203-08211-7; 1-283-86103-8; 1-136-17730-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809321003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II