How Not to Get Old : Avoiding Forced Retirement Tony Pacione, MSW, - PDF document

How Not to Get Old : Avoiding Forced Retirement Tony Pacione, MSW, MAEd Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program 20 S. Clark Street, Suite 450, Chicago, IL 1-800-LAP-1233 This slide intentionally blank 1

LAP’s Mission • Assist lawyers, judges, and law students  Protect public  Educate the legal community How Does LAP Work? • Confidential! Supreme Court Rule 2

How Does LAP Work? Who We Serve other 2% psychological Substance 51% 47% 3

Who We Serve self-harm thoughts 3% Anxiety/Stress 43% Depression/Mania 55% Who We Serve 7% 1% 3% 8% 81% Alcohol Stimulants Depressants THC Opiates 4

Age of LAP Clients 75% FY 2017 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 14% 11% 20% 10% 0% <50 50-60 >60 Aging quickly… In millions 2050 Source: US Census Bureau 90 2040 80 2030 70 2020 60 50 2010 40 30 20 10 0 Number of Americans over 65 5

Elder LAP Clients • Multiple issues • Reluctant to seek help and retire • Higher suicide risk • Greater physical impairment • Increased depression and anxiety Elder LAP Clients • Most solo practitioners, small firms • No succession plan • Most referred by colleagues or family • Financial pressures • Memory vs. judgment, executive functions 6

What to look for “Follow the MAP“ (Pacione & Belleau, ABA Solo Practice Journal, May 2015) M ood or attitudinal disturbances A ppearanceor physical changes P roductivityand quality of work Age Resiliency- Or what I need to do when I Turned 60 • Meeting goals in spite of adversity • Sustained competence under stress • Ability to recover from set backs 7

“Persistent Patience” = Self Efficacy Self Efficacy  Awareness of your limits • Taking risks, not chances  Confidence in problem solving ability  Maintain focus in accomplishing goals  Comfortable with resources, and asking for help  Willingness to invest effort  Intrepid of the Unknown Based on Bandura 1977, 1994 8

Staying in “Control” Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John wooden Optimistic Pessimistic External Locus Internal Locus Based on J Rotter 1960 Mindfulness (Based Stress Reduction): Skill Set: 1. Non-judging 5. Acceptance 2. Patience 6. Letting Go 3. Fresh Mind 7. Trust 4. Non-striving J Kabat-Zinn, 1990 9

Courage and Acceptance “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change: I am changing the things I cannot accept.” Unknown Challenge Your Thinking I dentify the thought C hallenge the thought E valuate the thought Pacione 2003 10

This slide intentionally blank Socially Connected Thoren , 2014 11

Prioritizing Positivity Catalino et al 2014 Emotional - Intellectual Flexibility 12

Silver 2012 Specialized Order Seeking Stalwart- ‘all in’ Ideological Over-Confident Stubborn 13

Multidisciplinary Tolerant of Complexity Attitude of Gratitude Adaptable Empirical Self critical (not criticizing self) Cautious 14