1. GROUP WORK WITH THE ELDERLY

2. GROUP ISSUES: ANGER FEAR LONLINESS LOSS DEATH AND DYING
USELESSNESS & POWERLESSNESS
SELF-ESTEEM

3. ISSUES
ISOLATION
DEPRESSION

4. LEADER CHARACTERISTICS
SENSITIVITY
RECOGNIZING THE ELDERLY ARE UNIQUE
COMFORT DISCUSSING DEATH AND DYING

5. THE NEED FOR REMINISCING
CAN BE HEALTHY
PROCESS LIFE AND SELF-ESTEEM
IDENTIFIES CURRENT ISSUES
EXAMPLES: FAVORITE HOLIDAY; FAVORITE TIME WITH FAMILY/SPOUSE; FAVORITE VACATION, ETC.

6. GOALS/TYPES OF GROUPS:
PROVIDING INFORMATION I.E. MEDICARE
“MAKING THINGS HAPPEN”- TASK ORIENTED
PERSONAL ISSUES (COUNSELING)
SOCIAL CONTACTS (SUBGROUPING OK)
REALITY ORIENTED GROUPS (I.E. DEMENTIA)
REMOTIVIATION GROUPS (GOALS FOR FUTURE)

7. TYPES OF GROUPS (KRAUSE)
REMINISCING GROUPS (THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE REVIEW; AIMED AT INCREASING LIFE SATISFACTION AS OPPOSED TO IMPROVING SOCIAL SKILLS)
PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING GROUPS (REMEDIATION OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS ROLE CHANGES, SOCIAL ISOLATION, FEAR OF FUTURE)

8. TYPES OF GROUPS (KRAUSE)
TOPIC-SPECIFIC GROUPS (CENTERED AROUND A PARTICULAR TOPIC SUCH AS WIDOWHOOD, SEXUALITY, HEALTH, GRANDPARENTING, ETC.)
MEMBER-SPECIFIC GROUPS (FOCUS ON TRANSITIONS SUCH AS GRIEF, HOSPITALIZATION, INSTITUTIONALIZED DAY CARE)

9. GROUP SETTINGS COMMUNITY MINIMUM CARE FACILITIES NURSING HOMES
INSTITUTIONS

10. SUGGESTIONS FOR WORKING WITH ELDERLY
PROVIDE SAME QUALITY OF TREATMENT
BE HOLISTIC RATHER THAN SYMPTOM ORIENTED
ALLY YOURSELF WITH THE FAMILY
IDENTIFY STRENGTHS

11. SUGGESTIONS HELP CONNECT THEM TO OTHERS BE ACTIVE WRITE THINGS DOWN
SEPARATE EMPATHY FROM SYMPATHY
BE AWARE OF TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

12. SUGGESTIONS TREAT WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT NEVER PATRONIZE
SET SPECIFIC AND ATTAINABLE GOALS

13. GROUPS FOR CARETAKERS
PROBLEMS MAY INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS: * CONFINEMENT * INFRINGEMENT OF LIFESTYLE * RESTRICTED SOCIAL LIFE * WORK AND FAMILY CONFLICTS * EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL STRESS

14. GROUPS FOR CARETAKERS
FEELINGS INCLUDE FRUSTRATION, RESENTMENT, AND PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL STRAIN
GROUPS ARE PREVENTIVE IN NATURE. THEY AFFIRM, SUPPORT, EDUCATE THEY LINK CARETAKERS WITH OTHERS WHO CAN HELP THEM HANDLE UNIQUE AND UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS