People who are at the older age are the same people they were earlier in life. But now most of them will have more time for themselves. Once they retire it does not mean they stop being active. This paper is motivated by the idea of bibliotherapy for older people and what it can do to improve their life. Dementia is a disease that is mostly connected with this age and it is described how bibliotherapy is being held for people who suffer from this disease. Also, examples of poetry therapy workshops show us how poetry can help people cope with different problems. Bibliotherapy will not be succesfull if a librarian or a person conducting it is not willing to work with older people or doesn't believe in it's effect. Education and good will is a must for a person who leads bibliotherapy workshops. Also, public libraries are perfect places for bibliotherapy because it is a place where people feel comfortable and where they enjoy themselves. An interview held with Ljiljana Sabljak is a valuable part of this paper. Sabljak described what is characteristic for bibliotherapy, who can lead workshops and what competence they must have. Also, what is the best literature to use and how does work with odler people looks like.