Charlene M. Kampfe

Counseling Older People (eBook, ePUB)

Opportunities and Challenges

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides insight into the primary issues faced by older adults; the services and benefits available to them; and the knowledge base, techniques, and skills necessary to work effectively in a therapeutic relationship. Dr. Kampfe offers empirically and anecdotally based strategies and interventions for dealing with clients' personal concerns and describes ways counselors can advocate for older people on a systemic level. Individual and group exercises are incorporated throughout the book to enhance its practicality.

Topics covered include an overview of population demographics and characteristics; counseling considerations and empowering older clients; successful aging; mental health and wellness; common medical conditions; multiple losses and transitions; financial concerns; elder abuse; veterans' issues; sensory loss; changing family dynamics; managing Social Security and Medicare; working after retirement age; retirement transitions, losses, and gains; residential options; and death and dying.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119027027
• Artikelnr.: 42123835

Autorenporträt

Charlene M. Kampfe, PhD, is a professor emeritus of rehabilitation counseling at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface About the Author Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Increasing Older
Population and Its Characteristics Chapter 2: Counselor Considerations When
Working With Older People Chapter 3: Advocacy and Aging Issues Chapter 4:
Aging Well/Successful Aging Chapter 5: Health Issues Associated With Aging
Chapter 6: Mental Health Issues Among Older People Chapter 7: Special
Issues Associated With Aging Chapter 8: Sensory Loss Among the Older
Population Chapter 9: Maintaining and Managing Interpersonal Relationships
Chapter 10: Social Security and Medicare-Related Programs: Sorting Through
the Maze Chapter 11: Retirement and the Need or Desire to Work Chapter 12:
Residential Issues for Older People Chapter 13: End of Life, Death and
Dying, Grief and Loss References