The uses of reminiscence : new ways of working with older adults / Marc Kaminsky, guest editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaminsky, Marc, 1943-

Series:

Journal of Gerontological Social Work ; Volume 7, Numbers 1/2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gerontology--Biographical methods.

Gerontology.

Older people's writings, American.

Social work with older people--United States.

Social work with older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The meaning and value of reminiscence in the lives of elders is beautifully explored.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Time for Reclaiming the Past; I. MODES OF PRACTICE; Transfiguring Life: Images of Continuity Hidden Among the Fragments; The Passion of Recollection; Snug Harbor: Workshops at the National Maritime Union; A Stage for Memory: Living History Plays by Older Adults; At the Center of the Story; Tapping the Legacy; Heal, Body, Heal: Invocations to Hope and Health; About Ending; Minerva's Doll; II. CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES; The Uses of Reminiscence: A Discussion of the Formative Literature

Reminiscence and the Recovery of the Public WorldJourney Through the Feminine: The Life Review Poems of William Carlos Williams; Old People, Poetry, and Groups; Realities of Aging: Starting Points for Imaginative Work with the Elderly; A Kind of Odyssey; III. APPENDIX; A Bibliography on Reminiscence and Life Review; IV. NOTES; Notes

Notes:

"Has also been published as Journal of gerontological social work, volume 7, numbers 1/2, March 1984"--T.p. verso.

First published in 1984 by Haworth Press.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-82406-7

1-315-82083-8

1-317-82405-9

9781315820835

OCLC:

876044778