Counseling older Adults
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Counseling older Adults
Cheyenne Gray
Kristen Watson
Introduction
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Counseling
○ Sometimes looked at as a liability to society
○ They only spend their children's money
○ Just nostalgic and aren't in touch with what's currently going on
○ They're all alike
○ They have different types of dementia and their health only declines as they get older.
Stereoyypes of older adults
New perspectives on older adults
○ Young people tend to stay the same as older people are different
○ Gerontologists changed the way they studied older people
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- Up until the 1950s gerontologists didn't see past child and adolescent development
- Carl Jung
- Donald Super
- Erik Erikson
- Joan Erkison
- Robert Butler
Life span theories
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- Physical and Cognitive Capacities
- From different studies, it is shown that most older adults don’t have a hard time memorizing things and all of them are not physically incapable.
- Psychological Development
- Static
- The disengagement theory
Developmental Charecteristics
The Counseling Needs of older adults
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- May think they are Useless, weak or incapable of learning new skills
- 60s-70s
- 80s-90s
Charecteristics of Older Adults
Now older with no children
No work = more time spent
One spouse can become extremely ill and needs a caregiver
changes in spousal Relationships
Changing intergenerational relationships
Young adults going back home
Different life expectancy
More grandparents are parenting
Divorced parents
New roles in grand parenting
○ Changing perspectives towards Siblings
Life brings new appreciation
75% of older adults are physically limited in one way or another
- Strengthen other parts of themselves and Try to become healthier
COPING with physical Disabilities
"Everybody ain't able" - Cheyenne's grandmother
Coping with diminishing financial resources
The Counseling process
- Transference is when the client has feelings towards the counselor
- Countertransference is when the counselor has feelings for the client
- By using the transference relationship, as a counselor you become more affective with older adult clients to help them with their issues
- Help empower adults to gain control of their lives
- Older clients tend to have their own goals
- Seeking out support groupsof entities
Counseling #Goals
Transference and Counterference
Encouraging client actions
- Life reviews aren’t up to just the therapist
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- Clients can experience a relapse or come across a new emotion
- Personal construct theory can best be applied
Life Reviews and termination
Special Problems
What does counseling try to do to stop suicide?
Elder Abuse
and Caregivers
- High rate of abuse
- 81% witnessing an abuse from caregivers
- Powerless equals Silence
- Consultations with families of older adults .
- Living dependency .
- Help children know when to lay off or step in
Caregivers
Caregivers(job or a career)
What short –term can lead too
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what long – term can lead too
What do you think is the best way to terminate a counseling relationship with an older adults?
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