Since the population of older persons is predominantly female, counselor educators need to incorporate into their curriculum topics related to the unique issues faced by older women. Most counselors in their practice will be encountering at some point the problems of older women. Therefore, the preparation of counselors needs to incorporate material relevant to this area, specifically on understanding the physiological and psychological changes of older women and the strategies that counselors can use to assist older women in dealing with these changes and adjustments. The American Association for Counseling and Development has recently published standards for generic counselors on the topic of gerontological counseling. Counseling graduates will be tested on aspects of gerontological counseling. Suggested topics on counseling older women include: (1) demographics; (2) health issues; (3) mental health; (4) family; (5) mature women and sexuality; (6) widowhood; (7) older women and addictions; (8) resources for older women; (9) other topics such as minority women, elder abuse, effects of work and retirement, older lesbian women, and older women and divorce. Relevant national organizations and media resources are listed. (ABL)
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Table of Contents
- AUTHOR TITLE 1
- DOCUMENT RESUME 1
- Counseling Oldor Women Curriculum Guidelines and 1
- Strategies. 1
- Americar. Association for Counseling and Development 1
- Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made 1
- Gerontological Counseling Certificate Program 2
- March 16-19 1990 Cincinnati Ohio 2
- Rationale for Incorporating Counseling Older Women into Counselor Preparation 3
- In each 4
- My emphasis has been on incorporating some of this material 4
- White women can expect to live 4
- There were over five times as many 5
- This material would be relevant to 5
- Health Issues 5
- Under the topic of common physiological changes normal age-related 5
- For example counselors can assist their clients not 5
- Students can discuss ways of creating a 5
- AACD 6
- Due to the high incidence of this disease among older women students should be 7
- Other health problems which are more prevalent among 7
- Aging 1978. 7
- Aging 1988. Incontinence ranges from the slight loss of urine to severe and 7
- AACD 8
- Regarding this whole topic of health issues the National Institute on 8
- Aging 1978. 8
- For example loss of hearing often has psychological effects which 8
- A major mental health issue for older women is that of loneliness and 9
- Loneliness is a 9
- Since a majority of older women will be faced with 9
- For most women however the post-parenting years are often ones filled 10
- AACD 11
- AACD 12
- SLaidents should be familiar with 12
- Again community 12
- Kinsey 12
- While the capacity for sexual expression remains intact limitations are 13
- AACD 14
- A film which depicts the problems of maintaining sexual activity in a 14
- A film which further examines the sexual life of an older women 14
- Widowhood 14
- Marital disruption is also the major cause of poverty of older women 14
- Grief is a normal response to loss and students should be given knowledge 15
- This film portrays a newly widowed woman and her emotional response 15
- Porcino 1983. 15
- Many communities eve 15
- All widows should be 15
- 1981 Porcino 1583. 15
- Women tend to become alcoholics later in life as problems of 15
- Alcoholics Anonymous the oldest and 16
- Women in our society tend to be drug-dependent but they often do not 16
- The topic of Resources for Older Women would fit into any curriculum area 17
- This paper has provided a summary of the major issues faced by older women 17
- Not all possible topics have been 17
- As counselor educators we can also be advocates of older womens issues to 17
- By encouraging other faculty members to integrate material 17
- HEALTH ISSUES 18
- FAMILY ISSUES 18
- WIDOWHOOD 18
- Philadelphia Pa. 19
- Widowed Persons Service 19
- K Street N.W. 19
- New York N.Y. 19
- 1909 K Street N.W. 19
- Boston MA. 19
- 02116 19
- Women for Sobriety Dr. Jeanne Kirpatrick 19
- Quakertown Pa. 19
- Stony Brook N.Y. 19
- Suite 822 19
- Washington D.C. 19
- 9848 S. Winchester Ave. 312 881-8491 20
- 68501 20
- 800 228-4630 20
- 4614 Prospect Ave. 20
- 44103 20
- 4614 Prospect Ave. 20
- 44103 20
- 400 Fourth St. 313 764-5360 20
- Americans 1987. 21
- Persons. 21
- Visions and 21
- NY Springer. 21
- Our bodies ourselves. 21
- Simon Schuster. 21
- Transitions of aging. Academic Press. 21
- Essex M. Nam S. 21
- Journal of 21
- Hale W. Cochran C. 21
- Doubleday. 21
- Limoges M. 21
- In J. Bost Ed. 21
- The 36-Hour Day. Baltimore MD Hopkins Press. 21
- Markson E. W.. 21
- AACD 1990 22
- Alexandria VA 22
- Aging 1988 22
- Garthersburg MD 22
- Loneliness A 22
- Growing older the second half of life. Addison-Wesley. 22
- Reading MA 22
- Porcino J. 22
- Women and 22
- John Wiley Sons. 22
- Weg R. 22
