Remembering the forgotten: Psychotherapy groups for the nursing home resident

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-514

  Schwartz, Ken ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FRUSTRATION; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PSYCHODYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER;

AGED; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 35548995327     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: 00207284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2007.57.4.497     Document Type: Review

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