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| − | 1 Personal and professional recognition and understanding of how to address age discrimination. |
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| − | 2 Able to recognise and manage the effects of differences in age between Psychologist and older people particularly in the implementation of psychological therapies. |
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| − | 3 Able to encourage and support older people, their carers, and staff to increase autonomy, choice, and psychological well-being and be able to effectively work to increase motivation when it is low. |
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| − | 4 Able to recognise and minimise psychological barriers to older people’ independence. |
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| − | 5 Able to demonstrate cultural sensitivity, and address culture specific expectations of ageing. |
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| − | 6 Able to effectively communicate with older people. Able to overcome cognitive and sensory impairments to enable effective work to take place. Able to provide written information in the right format |
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| − | for an individual older person. |
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| − | 7 Able to determine psychological formulations for older people with complex, multiple problems. For example, clients with co-existing dementia, depression, social isolation, substance abuse, and poverty. |
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| − | 8 Able to effectively intervene, both directly and indirectly, to improve the lives of older people, and their carers, using psychological understanding and techniques based on a scientist-practitioner and |
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| − | 9 Able to recognise and manage risk in older people. |
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| − | 10 Have a basic knowledge of the range of services and agencies available for older people and how to access them. |
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| − | 11 Able to work effectively with other providers of services for older people to address psychological aspects of health and health care. |
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| − | 12 Able to recognise and manage boundary issues when working with 2–4 |
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| − | older people in different settings, e.g. patients’ homes, medical wards. |
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The BPS (2007) good practice guidelines identified 12 competencies for working with older adults:
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BPS(2007). Good Practice Guidelines for UK Clinical Psychology Training Providers for the Training and Consolidation of Clinical Practice in Relation to Older People (http://www.bps.org.uk/document-download-area/document-download$.cfm?file_uuid=CAA50A5A-1143-DFD0-7EA2-C58082D2D184 Full text)
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