A Groupwork Approach with Adult Children of Institutionalized Elderly:

It has been the experience of the authors, through individual and family counseling, that adult children of institutionalized aged live through a series of stressful experiences with the elderly parent. It appears that this living through process not only exists during the initial adjustment period, but endures throughout the institutionalization of the parent. A groupwork approach is suggested as a means of sharing and mutual support.