Group Techniques for Aging Adults: Putting Geriatric Skills Enhancement into Practice [Paperback]

Kathie T. Erwin (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1560324406 | ISBN-13: 978-1560324409 | Publication Date: September 1, 1996 | Edition: 1

This work gives practical approaches for practitioners working with the elderly, focusing on GSE - an interactive, multi-modal group programme as an affective method of dealing with core issues of isolation and reduced social networks. It gives specific deatils on how to design, implement and monitor progress for various types of group modalities. Intervention strategies such as reminiscence, spirituality, music therapy, phototherapy and bibliotherapy are utilized throughout.

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Kathie Eriwin, EdD, is an assistant professor in the Clinical Mental Health graduate program at the School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University. She is the author of seven books and is a frequent presenter at conferences. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560324406
• ISBN-13: 978-1560324409
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,492,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Creative, November 21, 2004

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This review is from: Group Techniques for Aging Adults: Putting Geriatric Skills Enhancement into Practice (Hardcover)

Erwin has creatively pulled together descriptions of various forms of group work for institutionalized elderly. My gerontology students and I were impressed with the number of techniques, but the real strength of this book lies in the wonderful examples of how these group work techniques can be employed. My students, in particular, liked the concepts of bibliotherapy and humor therapy. The general weakness, which is found in most writings on intervention for the elderly, there is little to no discussion on counterindications. We commonly see a discussion on counterindications for other age cohorts, but rarely for elderly groups. Ageism? I suspect that chapters 13 (Managed Payment Systems) and 14 (Alternative Funding for Elderly Groups) were outdated prior to the book going to press.

Nevertheless, this is an excellent book.