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

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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 I suspect that chapters 13 (Managed Payment Systems) and 14 (Alternative Funding for Elderly Groups) were outdated prior to the book going to press.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.