Opportunities for development via group psychotherapy in the nursing home |
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Authors: | Judah L Ronch Esther Loring Crispi |
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Institution: | (1) Executive Park II, 205 South Avenue, Suite 106, 12601 Poughkeepsie, NY |
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Abstract: | This paper illustrates the benefits of group therapy within the nursing home, and considers the enhancing and problematic
factors in conducting groups within this setting. Growth which empowers staff and residents is possible and can be achieved
despite significant challenges and social change. A lifespan developmental perspective can assist residents to achieve their
maximum developmental maturity and group therapy can be effective in accomplishing that goal. This paper discusses the effect
of the nursing home environment and staff on the resident, the task of the therapist in the nursing home, the value of group
therapy, therapeutic goals in group therapy, what precipitates the need for group therapy in nursing homes, and the issue
of group therapy with the cognitively impaired. |
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Keywords: | nursing homes group therapy |
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