Faculty Articles
The Healthy Aging Group: A Proposed Treatment Model for Societal & Individual Aging Empowerment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Women & Therapy
Volume
39
Issue/Number
1-2
First Page
124
ISSN
0270-3149
Last Page
140
Abstract/Excerpt
A number of unique physical, psychological, and social factors affect individuals as they achieve late life including, unfortunately, societally imposed, and internalized ageism. Women face a unique challenge in this regard, as this “-ism” often intersects with and compounds lifelong disempowering social forces (Rosenthal, 1990; Saucier, 2004). Furthermore, a majority of caregivers are women, which places additional burdens on this group. The current article proposes a time-limited, skills-based cognitive-behavioral treatment model based on feminist principles that targets the myths and misconceptions regarding aging in order to improve quality of life and decrease depressive symptoms in older adults and their caregivers.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2016.1116324
NSUWorks Citation
Stripling, A. M.
(2016). The Healthy Aging Group: A Proposed Treatment Model for Societal & Individual Aging Empowerment. Women & Therapy, 39(1-2), 124-140.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1758
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