The Uses of Reminiscence
New Ways of Working With Older Adults
By Mark Kaminsky
Published January 1st 1984 by Routledge – 245 pages
Description
The meaning and value of reminiscence in the lives of elders is beautifully explored.
Contents
Contents Introduction: A Time for Reclaiming the Past
- I. Modes of Practice
- Transfiguring Life: Images of Continuity Hidden Among the Fragments
- The Passion of 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 World
- Journey 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
- IV. Notes
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Name: The Uses of Reminiscence: New Ways of Working With Older Adults (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: By Mark Kaminsky. The meaning and value of reminiscence in the lives of elders is beautifully explored.
Categories: Gerontology/Ageing, Counseling, Gay & Lesbian Literature