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The aging family : new visions in theory, practice, and reality / edited by Terry D. Hargrave and Suzanne Midori Hanna.

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Prologue: One family's struggle with Alzheimer's disease / Harvey Joanning -- Integrating the process of aging and family therapy / Suzanne Midori Hanna and Terry D. Hargrave -- Aging : a primer for family therapists / Terry D. Hargrave and Suzanne Midori Hanna -- Finishing well : a contextual family therapy approach to the aging family / Terry D. Hargrave and William T. Anderson -- Solution-focused brief therapy with aging families / Marilyn J. Bonjean -- A developmental-interactional model / Suzanne Midori Hanna -- The strength-vulnerability model of mental health and illness in the elderly / Cleveland G. Shields and Lyman C. Wynne -- Changing roles and life-cycle transitions / Mary A. Erlanger -- Marriage in middle and later life / Richard B. Miller, Karla Hemesath and Briana Nelson -- Gender issues and elder care / Nancy L. Kriseman and Jacalyn A. Claes -- Alzheimer's disease and the family : working with new realities / Janie Long -- Family systems and nursing home systems : an ecosystemic perspective for the systems practitioner / Wayne A. Caron -- Reconciling with unfulfilled dreams at the end of life / Wayne E. Oates -- Dying and death in aging intergenerational families / William T. Anderson -- Future directions for family therapy with aging families / Suzanne Midori Hanna, Terry D. Hargrave and Richard B. Miller.

Summary: The Aging Family brings to the forefront issues that hold families together and often tear them apart. Written by distinguished authorities from several disciplines, themselves representing several generations, this book offers penetrating insight into the concerns - emotional and physical - that characterize the intergenerational family system. An important message throughout the text is that therapists must come to terms with their own resistance to dealing with later-life concerns, their own pre-conceptions about older people and the fact of their own aging. Respect, sensitivity, and awareness are the cornerstones of this book. They hold the key to optimizing the potential for well-being across generations. Whether the therapist is called upon to intervene on behalf of elder members to deal with such issues as depression, or to step in when younger members are trying to determine how best to provide eldercare, the perspectives presented in The Aging Family will both inform and enrich the strategies used.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Main Collection	John Kinder Theological Library	HV1451 AGI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A42285760

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Aging Family brings to the forefront issues that hold families together and often tear them apart. Written by distinguished authorities from several disciplines, themselves representing several generations, this book offers penetrating insight into the concerns - emotional and physical - that characterize the intergenerational family system. An important message throughout the text is that therapists must come to terms with their own resistance to dealing with later-life concerns, their own pre-conceptions about older people and the fact of their own aging. Respect, sensitivity, and awareness are the cornerstones of this book. They hold the key to optimizing the potential for well-being across generations. Whether the therapist is called upon to intervene on behalf of elder members to deal with such issues as depression, or to step in when younger members are trying to determine how best to provide eldercare, the perspectives presented in The Aging Family will both inform and enrich the strategies used.

Kinder Library copy donated by Mary Caygill.