Being with older people : a systemic approach / edited by Glenda Fredman, Eleanor Anderson, and Joshua Stott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fredman, Glenda.

Anderson, Eleanor.

Stott, Joshua.

Series:

Systemic thinking and practice series.

Systemic thinking and practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 273 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2010.

Summary:

The authors of this volume take as their starting point ""striking moments"" in their practice with older people, their families and other practitioners. They integrate these with current systemic thinking to offer new perspectives on working with older people in a range of physical health, mental health and social care contexts. This book is practice led and contains a wealth of examples that will be familiar both to practitioners working with older people and to older people themselves and their families. The authors, all experienced clinicians, place an emphasis on how systemic and narrative approaches might relate to these real world dilemmas and point to ways forward in working with older people in a world where social isolation, ageism and discrimination are commonplace.

Contents:

Introduction : being with older people- a systemic approach / Glenda Fredman

How do we begin? : working with older people and their significant systems / Glenda Fredman and Penny Rapaport

Using our selves in work with older people / Eleanor Martin and Joshua Stott

Creating contexts for talking and listening where older people feel comfortable and respected / Joshua Stott and Eleanor Martin

Older people and their significant systems : meeting with families and networks / Eleanor Anderson and Sarah Johnson

Working with older people in contexts of difference and discrimination / Isabelle Ekdawi and Esther Hanson

Sustaining the ethics of systemic practice in contexts of risk and diagnosis / Glenda Fredman, Sarah Johnson, and Goran Petronic

Introducing systemic approaches into our services for older people / Eleanor Anderson and Isabelle Ekdawi

How do we end? : drawing our work with older people to a close / Joshua Stott and Eleanor Martin

Working with elders : inspiring the young / Mary M. Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91132-7

0-429-47232-3

1-282-77955-9

9786612779558

1-84940-749-5

9780429472329

OCLC:

729246344