The growing proportion of older persons in the population offers counselors opportunities to exercise their expertise and to reap further rewards of professional service. Helping professionals must become expert regarding the counseling needs of older persons and special considerations and emphases in meeting these needs. (Author)

The author outlines some special considerations and counseling emphases that counselors of the dying and their survivors should take into account. (Author)

There are many interrelated reasons why people commit suicide. Emotional and situational clues are available to alert counselors, who must remain nonjudgemental. Counselors who accept and respect suicidal clients help improve their self esteem. (JAC)

The focus of this monograph is on three areas of counseling with older clients: career counseling, retirement counseling, and counseling regarding death and dying. The portion on career counseling includes reasons older persons change careers, obstacles they are likely to face when seeking employment, myths surrounding the employability of older…

Vocational counselors can responsibly change society through five approaches: clients, client environments, counselors' employing institutions, professional associations and counselors as citizens. (Author)

Counselors have an important role in providing help with the transition from preretirement planning to postretirement adjustment. They must examine their own bias and suggest alternatives to the worker role such as part time employment, hobbies and activism. (JAC)