Reminiscence is a valuable tool for the professional carer as well as those who are looking after a family member or friend. It enhances and enriches the care relationship, and benefits both the person being cared for and the carer.
This fully-updated fourth edition is full of practical information on planning and running successful reminiscence work. It will enable carers and health and social care practitioners to develop the attitude, knowledge, understanding, values and skills they need to use reminiscence with people of all ages, either individually or in groups, and in residential or community settings. Topics covered include reminiscence with individuals and couples, inter-generational reminiscence, reminiscence with individuals from minority ethnic groups and reminiscence with people with sensory and learning disabilities, dementia, depression and terminal illness.
This book is the ideal starting point for any professional taking up reminiscence work, as well as for those who wish to deepen their knowledge and increase their ability to help those they care for in less formal ways.
Faith Gibson OBE, AM BA BEd is Emeritus professor of social work, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. She returned to live in Australia after many years in the UK and has a long-time interest in teaching, researching, practicing and writing about reminiscence and life story work.
1. The Transforming Nature of Reminiscence.; 2. Growing Throughout the Life Cycle - A Challenge for All Ages.; 3. What is Reminiscence Work?; 4. Why Encourage Reminiscence Work?; 5. How to Begin Reminiscence Work - The Planning Phase.; 6. Reminiscence work with Groups - The Beginning, Middle and Ending Phases.; 7. Reminiscence and Life Review Work with Individuals and Couples.; 8. Reminiscence and Oral History in Community Development.; 9. Reminiscence with People from Minority Ethnic Groups.; 10. Intergenerational Reminiscence Work.; 11. Reminiscence with People with Dementia and Their Carers.; 12. Reminiscence with People who are Depressed.; 13. Reminiscence with People with Hearing, Sight and Speech Disabilities.; 14. Reminiscence with Learning Disabilities.; 15. Reminiscence with Terminally Ill and Bereaved People.; 16. Staff Development, Training, Quality, Evaluation and Research Issues. References. Appendix - Recording Forms. Index.
Carolyn Taylor-Score, CAFCASS Enhances Practitioner, Professional Social Work: "This may prove a very useful resource for those family members or professionals working alongside or in partnership with loved ones or service users who are experiencing memory loos or memory recall problems... This book is both a useful handbook and a reference tool - I can see that it will have many applications in a variety of settings. It is sensitively and well written,describing memory as the invisible history of the self. I found it to be a very honest book, admitting that on occasion some people do not want to remember".
