e (Erikson, 1986, Preface).
The attempt to redefine the process of aging, in shifting terminology from elderly to aged, involves a concomitant concern with how to readdress the new resulting ethical issues. This burgeoning field of tracing out the implications of the rights of the aged automatically links itself to ethics, to charting out new territory for what is the right action to pursue in caretaking for America's older generations.
In Counseling the Elderly, Landreth cites the work of Corey & Corey to indicate the essential qualities needed to work with the elderly: a genuine respect for the elderly; a history of positive experience with the old; a deep sense of caring for the aged; an ability and desire to learn from their vast experiences; an understanding of biological aspects of aging; a conviction that the last years can be challenging; patience (especially in listening to repetitive tales); knowledge of the special biological, psychological and social needs of the aged; sensitivity to the burdens and anxieties of
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