Therapeutic group process with the institutional elderly.
This paper reviews the status of geriatric group psychotherapy and the experience with such programs at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged. Specific ways are suggested for enhancing the administration of group psycho-therapy programs in the geriatric institutional setting. Group therapy techniques adapted to the specialized needs of the aged are of definite therapeutic benefit.
D000368:Aged; D005381:Financing, Organized; D005431:Florida; D005522:Food Services; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012947:Social Work