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Raising the standard: specialist services for older people with mental illness
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS. Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 46p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
A new report from the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, reviews the components of a specialist service for older people with mental illness, including community mental health teams for older people, community/outpatient clinics, provision of psychological therapies and end of life care. Endorsed by Age Concern, The Alzheimer's Society, The British Geriatrics Society, National Older People's Mental Health Programme Care Services Improvement Partnership and The Royal College of Nursing, the report makes two key recommendations in the report relate to ageism and discrimination on the basis of mental illness. They include: . ageist neglect of older people with mental illness must stop. Service expansion in specialist general and community psychiatry services should be matched by a similar funding increase for older people . discrimination against people on the basis of mental illness should not occur. Examples include the exclusion of older people with mental illness from intermediate care services, chronic disease management and choice initiatives.
Not too late: psychotherapy and ageing
- Author:
- ORBACH Ann
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 135p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Challenges the view that only short term therapy or counselling is suitable for older people. Demonstrates that people can benefit from long term psychotherapy at any age, provided they have the motivation and the right attitude. Explores the older person's sense of selfhood, in contrast to stereotypes and prejudices, and considers key issues which older people face such as ageism, bereavement, physical change, sexuality, regression, and fear of death. Also questions why therapists tend to avoid working with older age groups and how therapists can help both their patients and themselves face the usual fears and issues of old age.
Understanding ageing: images, attitudes and professional practice
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 195p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Integrates psychodynamic and social perspectives to provide new insights into how old age is imagined, defined and experienced. Includes chapters on: the role of analytical psychology; self-perception and older age; body, time and image; intergenerational communication; power and oppression; community care; and residential care.
Predicting counseling psychologists attitudes and clinical judgments with respect to older adults
- Authors:
- TOMKO Jody K., MUNLEY Patrick H.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 17(2), 2013, pp.233-241.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The authors examined age, gender, training and experience in aging issues, fear of death, and multicultural competence in predicting counselling psychologists’ global attitudes toward older adults. They also assessed specific clinical judgments using a case vignette. A national sample of 364 practicing counselling psychologists (mean age 51.8 years, 63.5% female, 93% Caucasian, average years in practice 15) completed a demographic measure, Polizzi's refined version of the Aging Semantic Differential, a survey of professional bias based on a clinical vignette of a 70-year-old woman, the Collett–Lester Fear of Death Scale 3.0, the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness ScaleMCKAS), and a Training and Experience Questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to investigate the extent to which the selected variables predicted more favourable attitudes toward older adults and less professional bias toward an older client beyond prediction by age and gender. The responses revealed that older age and higher total scores on the MCKAS predicted less professional bias in clinical judgments. Gender was a significant predictor of global attitudes toward older adults. The authors conclude that multicultural knowledge, awareness, and skills are important in working with older adults.
Directions in environmental gerontology: a multidisciplinary field
- Author:
- KENDIG Hal
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(5), October 2003, pp.611-615.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article considers developments and directions for environmental gerontology. The multidisciplinary field came of age during the 1960s with Powell Lawton's powerful environmental press paradigm and its applications to empirical research and building design. Recent theoretical developments in Europe and America have advanced and integrated concepts in psychology, geography, and related disciplines. Time dimensions and active use of space are essential for understanding aging individuals and microenvironments as well as changing populations and macroenvironments. Research on residential environments by health professions is informing community care that is enhancing the independence and well-being of older people. With its proven responsiveness to social and policy priorities, environmental gerontology is now providing strong conceptual and empirical bases for advancing healthy aging and age-friendly societies.