Part I: The elderly and their relatives - 1. The theoretical underpinning of the counselling work -- 2. Brief counselling with the elderly -- 3. Open-ended counselling with the elderly -- 4. Counselling elderly couples -- 5. Counselling an elderly man who could not talk ; Part II: Working with care staff and the elderly - 6. Theoretical underpinning of the institutional work -- 7. Observation of a long-stay ward for the elderly -- 8. Working with keyworkers of elderly patients -- 9. Support groups for care staff -- 10. Working with managers of a long-stay service -- 11. Meetings with elderly patients and care staff -- Conclusions: counter-transference issues -- Epilogue: Work in progress
Summary
Most of the work described in this book deals with the elderly who have to face the loss of life itself after having already lost much. The approach is psychodynamic and the author shows how to bring together carers, relatives and the elderly
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index
