Mental Wellness in Aging Strengths-Based Apporaches Edited by Judah L. Ronch, Ph.D., and Joseph Goldfield, M.S.W.

Foreword
Scott D. Miller, Ph.D.

Part One: Engaging People's Strengths for Successful Aging

1. Aging in the New Millennium: What the Future Holds for Us
   Audrey Weiner, D.S.W., and Sheldon Goldberg, M.A.
   
   
2. Autonomy and Consumer Empowerment: Making Quality of Life the Organizing Principle for Long-Term Care Policy
   Larry Polivka, Ph.D., and Jennifer Salmon, Ph.D.
   
   
3. Strengths-Based Health Care: Self-Advocacy and Wellness in Aging
   Raymond Vickers, M.D.
   
   
4. Care Management: A Strengths-Based Approach to Mental Wellness with Older Adults
   Rona Bartlestone, L.C.S.W.
   
   
5. The Social Portfolio: The Place of Activity in Mental Wellness as People Age
   Gene Cohen, M.D.
   
   
6. Why Most People Cope Well with Retirement
   Robert C. Atchley, Ph.D.
   
   
7. Conscious Aging: A Strategy for Positive Change in Later Life
   Harry "Rick" Moody, Ph.D.
   
   
8. Changing Institutional Culture: Can We Re-value the Nursing Facility?
   Judah L. Ronch, Ph.D.

Part Two: From Symptoms to Strengths in Therapy and Counseling

9. Fundamental Concepts of Milton H. Erickson and Their Relevance to Older Clients
   Joseph Goldfield, M.S.W.
   
   
10. Solution-Focused Therapy: Elders Enhancing Exceptions
    Marilyn J. Bonjean, Ed.D.
    
    
11. Narrative Therapy with Older Adults
    Raymond Grimm, Ph.D.
    
    
12. The Narrative Solutions Approach: Bringing Out the Best in People as They Age
    Joseph B. Eron, Psy.D., and Thomas W. Lund, Psy.D.
    
    
13. Strengths-Based Approaches to Trauma in the Aging: An Albanian Kosovar Experience
    Jack Saul, Ph.D., with Shquipe Ukshini, Afrim Blyta, and Shukrie Statovci
    
    
14. Caring for People with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Strengths-Based Approaches
    Judah L. Ronch, Ph.D.
    
    
15. Lessons from the Lifelines Writing Group for People in the Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease: Forgetting that We Don't Remember
    Alan Dienstag, Psy.D.
    
    
16. Exploring the Creative Potential of People with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: Dare to Imagine
    Anne Davis Basting, Ph.D.
    
    

Afterword
Gary J. Kennedy, M.D.
Index