Programska knjižnica 9. Lošinjskih dana bioetike - Hrvatsko ...

PSYCHO-HAGIOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH
TO THE PERSON IN THE THIRD AGE
The Fullness of Feeling of Satisfaction and Efficiency
Happiness, love, self-esteem and confidence have been the foundation
of quality of life in all age groups. Therefore, any person of the third age
also should not feel lonely, useless and forgotten in the seclusion of their
homes or nursing homes. One aim of this paper is to present in short the
life and the former professional life of a 71-year-old pensioner woman.
She worked as the educator of children and youth at one educative house
where she also was the headmaster. Another aim of this paper was to show
pieces of the individual hagiotherapy this woman underwent because of
the feeling of rejection and uselessness after certain period of her pension.
The method of psychotherapeutic interview was used in the first phase of
this treatment and after that the individual hagiotherapy was conducted for
the next three months, twice a week for 45 minutes. The clarification of the
actual psychotopical place was made in the first part of this hagiotherapy.
The confrontation with the explored, often painful, materials was made in
the middle part of the hagiotherapeutic treatment. Searching for the solutions
was conducted at the end of this therapy. The importance of one’s
satisfaction in the former active work was the result of the clarification.
The awareness of the feelings of loneliness and uselessness after the retirement
was the result of the confrontation. In the end, she is trying to find
herself in certain activities of a prayer group where she consults members
of that group who are parents with parental problems, and also by providing
assistance to the elderly and infirm. This brief psycho-hagiotherapeutic
review presents a basis for the disscusion (and maybe even a presumption
instead of the conclusion) on our tendency not to renonuce ourselves of
knowledge, skills and experience of the elderly people, and above all their
faith, love and hope, which is more than important for us in any phase of
our lives.
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