Shame in Institutional Settings

• Shame and Dependence by Dorothy Chance, 8/6/97
  • Difficult Families and Caregiving: Attack-Other? by Sue Deppe, MD, Burlington, VT, 8/7/97
    • Additional Factors by Dorothy Chance, 8/10/97
      
      

Don't for a moment forget that one of the basic functions of the prison system is to produce and maximize shame in every one of its inmates. Nursing homes, or whatever we now call the domiciliary facilities within which we house our unwanted or otherwise unmanageable elder folk, are more subtle vehicles for control by shame. I've been working with John A. Jorgenson, Ed.D., Executive Director of The Center for Successful Aging, on a project through which we are trying to teach nursing home personnel how to spot and name the nine innate affects, and to diminsh that fraction of shame produced when previously independent adults are translated into dependent oldsters. John may be contacted at Johnjorgenson@worldnet.att.net.

• Taking Issue by Dorothy Chance, 8/11/97
  • Better name needed by Don Nathanson, 8/12/97
    • A Rose by any other name by Dorothy Chance, 8/12/97
• And we wonder why they come back for more by Mell Williams, Jr., 8/18/97
  • Understanding the relevance of shame for rehabilitation by Don Nathanson, 8/20/97
    • Shame in corrections by Mell Williams, Jr., 8/20/97
      • See if this works by Jim Duffy, 8/20/97
        • positive regard by Mell Williams, Jr., 8/23/97