FAMILY PRESERVATION AND ELDERS

Family preservation is a rapidly growing practice approach. initially developed for families when there was imminent risk of placement of a child, it is now applied in a number of different settings. This artic le discusses the application of family preservation in families with e lder members and includes a presentation of the major principles and v alues of family preservation practice, an illustration of the applicat ion of family preservation to a family with elder members, and a discu ssion of the implications of this practice approach.