"This book provides insight into the primary issues faced by older adultsthe services and benefits available to them and the knowledge base andskills necessary to work effectively in a therapeutic relationship. Topicscovered include an overview of population demographics andcharacteristics counseling considerations and empowering older clientsuccessful aging mental health and wellness common medical conditionsmultiple losses and transitions financial concerns elder abuse veterans issues sensory loss changing family dynamics managing Social Securityand Medicare working after retirement age retirement transitions, losses,and gains residential options and death and dying.Features Empirically and anecdotally based interventions for work witholder clients Strategies for advocating for older people on a systemic level Individual and group exercises throughout the book Tools and strategies for use in individual counseling and incommunity work to change attitudes and practices Useful resource
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