The Uses of Reminiscence : New Ways of Working With Older Adults.

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaminsky, Mark
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Subjects:	Gerontology > Biographical methods. Older people's writings, American. Social work with older people > United States. Gerontology > Biographical methods Older people's writings, American Social work with older people United States
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Table of 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.

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