1. Holocaust Survivors in a Jewish Nursing Home
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Trisha L. Sounders Msw, Kathryn B. Adams Msw, Rebecca Weintraub Prigal Msw, Barbara Sookman Gerber Msw, Adele Fein Msw, and Ellen Steinberg Mann Msw
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Gerontology ,education.field_of_study ,Health (social science) ,Psychotherapist ,Social Psychology ,Judaism ,Population ,Holocaust survivors ,humanities ,Clinical Psychology ,Long-term care ,medicine ,Personal control ,Anxiety ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,Paranoia ,medicine.symptom ,education ,Psychology ,Nursing homes - Abstract
Adams et al. use five case studies to demonstrate how group and milieu strategies can be employed in long term care. These patients had many problems commonly found in this population: paranoia and anxiety around changes. The recommended emphases on building trust and enhancing personal control are excellent strategies in any long term care facility.
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- 1994
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