Psychosocial educational training workshop for senior citizens and aging adults

Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-67)This psychosocial educational training workshop examines the mental, physical and emotional aspects that go into aging, and how we can age successfully. Everyone ages differently and research has proven that individuals can impact and control how they age. This training workshop will demonstrate the importance of having a healthy level of self-esteem, a good social support system and control over ones environment in successful and healthy aging. It will discuss the importance of having good health-promoting behaviors such as exercising, laughing more and eating right. This training workshop will cover psychosocial skills and give older adults specific tools to help them communicate their needs, resolve conflicts more efficiently and manage problems in their lives so that they have better control over their psychological and physiciological stress levels. This is a solution focused training program that can be used for short-term therapy and geared towards psychoeducation