Guiding Autobiography Groups for Older Adults: Exploring the Fabric of Life

by James E. Birren and Donna E. Deutchman

Book Overview

Guided autobiography, write the authors, is ideally suited to foster in the older adult a belief that his or her life is meaningful and something of which to be proud. This book helps professionals--at senior centers, community centers, and other service facilities--guide older adults and others in preparing their autobiographies.

Many older adults, the authors explain, have limited social networks. Widowhood, retirement, and other involuntary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801842131
• ISBN13: 9780801842139
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"