Size of the Group A group on aging should have anywhere from eight to twelve people (Corey, 2010). This is a manageable size for group leaders and is small enough to facilitate discussion between members. Additionally, it would be ideal if the group could meet once a week. The group itself, as stated earlier, would likely take place in a nursing or retirement home for the sake of convenience for residents without a car. The added benefit to this is that those who are confined to a retirement home, even those who are in independent or assisted living, often feel isolated from the rest of the world. Bringing a portion of the outside world to them would likely be beneficial to them as they connect with others outside of the health care community.
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People within an aging group are likely to have different goals ranging from forming interpersonal relationships to mending broken relationships with estranged family members. In this sense, a semi-structured psychoeducational group would facilitate the therapeutic process and allow people to voice these concerns, while providing them the tools on how to remedy their issues outside the group. This style of structure would give clients enough stability to hang on to, while allowing the therapeutic process to permeate the …show more content…
They should understand that, in a psychoeducational format, members often take play the role of student and contributing member simultaneously. Members should be aware that with this format, the will be given the certain skills they need to remedy some of the issues that brought them into group in the first place. Further, this session should focus on the role of the leader or co-leaders as well as addressing preconceived notions about group counseling and the benefits and potential risks of participating in the group. For example, participating in this group might alleviate some of the biases that many older people possess and allow them to branch out socially. With that being said, possible risks include mental and emotional stress that comes with psychological change as well as the exacerbation of physical ailments due to traveling back and forth to the
People within an aging group are likely to have different goals ranging from forming interpersonal relationships to mending broken relationships with estranged family members. In this sense, a semi-structured psychoeducational group would facilitate the therapeutic process and allow people to voice these concerns, while providing them the tools on how to remedy their issues outside the group. This style of structure would give clients enough stability to hang on to, while allowing the therapeutic process to permeate the …show more content…
They should understand that, in a psychoeducational format, members often take play the role of student and contributing member simultaneously. Members should be aware that with this format, the will be given the certain skills they need to remedy some of the issues that brought them into group in the first place. Further, this session should focus on the role of the leader or co-leaders as well as addressing preconceived notions about group counseling and the benefits and potential risks of participating in the group. For example, participating in this group might alleviate some of the biases that many older people possess and allow them to branch out socially. With that being said, possible risks include mental and emotional stress that comes with psychological change as well as the exacerbation of physical ailments due to traveling back and forth to the