Claire M. Brody, Vicki G. Semel

Strategies for Therapy with the Elderly (eBook, ePUB)

Living With Hope and Meaning, 2nd Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 housing, while participating in community-oriented activities for the aged
• Living independently and being seen in private practice

It comprises a variety of approaches, ranging from eclectic small group formats for nursing home residents, group and individual counseling in assisted living settings, and home care for the elderly, to psychoanalytic therapy techniques in private practice. Illustrative case examples used throughout the book bring to life successful strategies and interventions.

New areas of focus include:
• Treatment of stress and mental disorders
• Alzheimer's disease
• Caregiving issues at home
• Expanded information on Medicare coverage issues

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826197894
• Artikelnr.: 44762543

Autorenporträt

Claire M. Brody, PhD, is in private practice in West Orange, New Jersey. She is currently an adjunct in the psychology department at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison Campus).

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Foreword by Sheldon S. Tobin
Preface by Claire M. Brody and Vicki G. Semel
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
1. Stress and Mental Health in the Elderly, Marilyn S. Denninger
2. Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Older Persons with Dementing
Disorders, Michael Duffy
Part II: Nursing Homes
3. Working with Staff, Families, and Residents in an Institution: Review
of the Literature, Claire M. Brody
4. Reminiscence Groups with Women in a Nursing Home, Claire M. Brody
5. Mothers and Daughters: Caretaking and Adjustment Issues, Claire M.
Brody
6. Working with Alzheimer's Disease Residents of a Nursing Home, Claire
M. Brody
Part III: Issues of the Elderly in the Community
7. Caregiving: An Overview with Clinical Examples, Miriam E. Lemerman
8. Housing and Community Options, Jennifer L. Rutberg
9. Therapeutic Activity Programs for Assisted Living Facilities,
Benjamin W. Pierce
Part IV: Private Practice
10. Individual Treatment of a Borderline Older Woman: The Case of Mrs. Z,
Vicki G. Semel
11. Modern Psychoanalytic Therapy with an Aging Man: The Failure to
Attain Occupational Success, Vicki G. Semel
12. Private Practice with the Aging Couple: Two Unusual Cases, Vicki G.
Semel
13. Countertransference and Ageism: Therapist Reactions to the Older
Patient, Vicki G. Semel
Part V: Relevant Issues and Approaches to Thereapy
14. The Political Reality of Medicare: History and Treatment Issues,
Miriam E. Lemerman
Index