Poezijos terapija kaip galimybė gerinti senų žmonių gyvenimo kokybę

ENOld people are very sensitive to human dignity, and their dignity is vulnerable. Small resources, social isolation due to the withdrawal from the labour market, deteriorating health worsens mood, violate the dignity and self evaluation. Elderly inhibit negative emotions, which reinforces the inflexibility of thinking, and the need to highlight the achievements of the past and lost health. Emotional inhibition reduces Selfevaluation, comprehension of new things and ability to focus on novelty, to understand the whole of human existence, to integrate individual episodes of personal life into a whole, to confirm the meaning of life, causes a very strong feeling of loneliness. Poetry, expressing the feelings associated with nature, allows to understand the spiritual whole and to recognize the self in it, so this poetry is very useful for establishing contacts with people who are experiencing a bad mood or wounded dignity. Learning to look for his / her and literary hero's existential similarities and writing in the class lets to distance from wounded dignity, releases inhibhed emotions, and empowers to speak up about the unique experience, to become open to new existential and literary aesthetics' impressions. Listening to stories and storytelling liberates from loneliness and improves communication, strengthens self-esteem, self knowledge, improves expressivity of language, helps to interact with new knowledge and leads to problem solving. Communication in literature learning environment is way for simultaneous personal growth in emotional, cognitive and social levels and enriches elder's relationship.