Storymaking and Creative Groupwork with Older People

Name: Storymaking and Creative Groupwork with Older People
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ISBN: 9781853024405

ISBN-10: 1853024406

ISBN-13: 9781853024405

Edition: 1997

Authors: Paula Crimmens

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Paul Crimmens aims to show that working with older people can be made exciting and stimulating by using storymaking as a basis. Adopting a holistic and person-centred approach, the book shows how to use a variety of traditional stories.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Why Groups?


Aims in organising a group


Contact and connection


The group as opportunity for sharing and community


Enjoyment


Self-esteem


Reducing boredom and increasing interest


Maintaining and extending people's physical and mental abilities


Activities as an opportunity to use the person-centred approach



The Story Session


Assistance in running the group


The make-up of a group


The format of a session



Stories that Contain a Central Elderly Figure


Yaaba


Babka and the Golden Bird


Granny Evergreen


The Old Woman and the Tree Children


The Three Blue Hats


The Pedlar of Swaffham


The Three Dancing Princesses



The Theme of Loss in the Lives of Elderly People


Demeter and Persephone


Coyote and Eagle


The Crescent Moon Bear



Loss of Home and Possessions


The Water of Life


Maple Leaf Devil


The Bird of Happiness


The Widow and the Honey Pots


The Shining Fish


How the Villagers found Wisdom



The Theme of Marriage and the Joy of Union


Savitri and Satyavan


Gawain and Lady Ragneli


The Blue Flower of Beechy Hill


The Black Bull of Norway


Tam Lin


The Frog Princess


The Boa and the Mango Tree


Epilogue