POETICS OF GROWING OLD: NARRATIVE GERONTOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY OF OLDER ADULTS Cover Image

POETIKA STARNUTIA: NARATÍVNA GERONTOLÓGIA A JEJ APLIKÁCIE V PSYCHOTERAPII STARŠÍCH L'UDÍ
POETICS OF GROWING OLD: NARRATIVE GERONTOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY OF OLDER ADULTS

Author(s): Eva Dubovská, Vladimír Chrz, PETER TAVEL
Subject(s): Psychology, Health and medicine and law, Gerontology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Narrative approach; narrative gerontology; reminiscence therapy; life review therapy; older adults;

Summary/Abstract: Narrative gerontology is young discipline that studies how older people create stories to understand their lives; what are the main influences on the stories and on process of their creation; what is the “poetics” of old age. Narrative care is the application of narrative approach in psychotherapy of older people. Reminiscence therapy and life review therapy are the most frequently used structured types of narrative care. Significance of narrative care is related mainly to prevention and treatment of depression in older age.

  • Issue Year: 10/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-35
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech