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Embracing
the Rainbow
This
is a training program about mental health and the elderly, with
special content on rural issues and Anglo, Hispanic and Native American
cultures. The program has been used with family members, clergy,
nurse and home health aides, adult day care/foster care staff, nurses,
rehabilitative staff and social workers. Included are an instructor's
manual and one of three videotapes on Anglo, Hispanic or Native
American cultures.
The Instructor's Manual
The
instructor's manual includes complete instructional content for
a one-to-two day workshop. The manual also includes instructional
guidelines, experiential exercises, overhead transparency originals
and handouts.
Topics include:
-
Myths and Realities of Aging: Demographic, physical and
psychosocial realities of aging.
- Culture,
Aging and Mental Health:
General identifying
characteristics of cultures, guidelines for cultural sensitivity,
and descriptions of Anglo, Hispanic and Native American cultures.
- Communicating
Effectively with Older Adults: General
guidelines, plus specialized suggestions for communicating with
Hispanic,
Native American and visually/hearing impaired aged.
- Introduction
to Mental Health: Facts about mental health
problems of older adults and suggestions for responding to persons
with mental health issues.
- Specific
Mental Health Problems: Depression, Suicide, anxiety,
dementia/Alzheimer's disease, substance abuse (alcohol and
medications) and paranoia in the aged, as well as response
suggestions, are described. Special descriptive and response
information is provided about Hispanics and native Americans.
- Basics
of Crisis Intervention: Practical Guidelines for using the
ABC Model of crisis intervention and problems that arise from
helping "too much."
- Barriers
to Accessing Services: Age-related, rural and minority
barriers to accessing services.
- Treatment
Alternatives: Brief discussions of such treatment
options as medications, individual and group psychotherapy, brief
therapy, family therapy, pre-retirement counseling, peer counseling,
life review therapy and folk treatments.
The Video Tapes
Three
videotapes are available on cultural factors related to aging and
mental health, including:
-
Mental Health and Elder Anglos: (17 minutes)
- Mental
Health and Elderly Hispanics/Latinos: (18 minutes)
- Mental
Health and Elderly Native Americans: (20 minutes)
Each
tape reviews common aspects of the focal culture, the effects of
cultural changes on the aged and attitudes to mental health problems.
The tapes combine excerpts from interviews with older adults and
care providers, narration, illustrative video footage and still
photographs. The basic package price includes one videotape, which
is to be chosen by the purchaser based on the ethnicity of elderly
clients being served. Additional videotapes can be purchased for
a reasonable charge.
Price: $90.00 Manual & one video
$35.00 Individual videotapes
Includes: The instructor's manual and one VHS videotape
Availability: 2 - 4 weeks
Produced by: The Arizona Center on Aging; The University
of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
Funded by: A Grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging
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