Working with Aging Families: Therapeutic Solutions for Caregivers, Spouses, & Adult Children (Norton Professional Books (Hardcover))

Drawing on over 35 years of clinical work and research on family issues, Piercy offers timely information about the aging process and its impact in both individual and family contexts. Because many related problems and issues lend themselves to a family therapy approach, Piercy advocates a thorough assessment of family relationships in order to investigate each individual's situation. She walks readers through the major themes that arise in therapy, including the renegotiation of roles within families, longstanding family tensions, intergenerational issues, long-term care needs and caregiver burden among siblings, and communication problems, and explains how to address these issues in a way that is both respectful and productive. Piercy also advocates an eclectic approach to working with specific problems experienced by older adults and their families, presenting senarios that often argue for a combination of therapeutic modalities. --