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Terrors of growing old
— dependancy, loneliness and death | | Author(s) | Paul Terry |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 96, November 2006 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, November 2006 |
| Pages | pp 39-42 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Loneliness ; Death ; Attitude ; Clinical psychologists. |
| Annotation | The author describes how work with one patient ("Mrs Taylor") in the last months of her life led to further similar experiences, confirming his view that older people who have often led exceptional lives suddenly become psychologically debilitated by the onset of a physical illness or other intimations of dependency. Specifically, he observes that many older people will say they are more afraid of dying than death, particularly dying alone. This article was previously published in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) journal, Therapy Today, vol 17, no 3 (April 2006). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061214202 A |
| Classmark | DV: CW: DP: QT9A |
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