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B K Haight

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PubMed1992

Examining key variables in selected reminiscing modalities.

This study examined the underlying variables of selected reminiscing processes to determine those that contributed to well-being. Two hundred and forty subjects randomly selected from nursing homes and high-rises participated in one of 10 different reminiscing modalities for eight weeks. Measures of life satisfaction (LSI-A), psychological well being (ABS), self-esteem (SES), and depression (BDI) were given pre- and postintervention to determine the most therapeutic treatment modalities. Results showed the most therapeutic way to reminisce was through a structured, evaluative life review performed on an individual basis. Thus, three variables contributed to successful reminiscing: individuality (one-to-one reminiscing), evaluation (a personal valuing of events), and structure (covering the whole life span).

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1991

Reminiscing: the state of the art as a basis for practice.

This integrated review presents the state of the art in reminiscing and life review as derived from a review of the literature from 1960-1990. Reports, reviews, and research are categorized and critiqued with the purpose of clarifying the use of reminiscing for practice. Out of ninety-seven published articles describing reminiscing, only seven report negative outcomes; the remainder are either positive or nonevaluative. As a result, the author concludes that clinicians should use reminiscing in their practice, and researchers should continue to define the variables that lead to successful reminiscing.

Communication↗
PubMed1988

The therapeutic role of a structured life review process in homebound elderly subjects.

This study examined the therapeutic role of a structured life review process in a randomly selected group of 60 homebound elderly subjects. Subjects were placed in three groups and tested on four dependent variables at the beginning and end of an 8-week period. These variables were life satisfaction, psychological well-being, depression, and activities of daily living (ADL). One group, the experimental group, received the treatment of life review process; another, the control group, received a friendly visit; and the third, the no-treatment group, received pretests and posttests only. Two dependent variables, life satisfaction, as operationalized by the Life Satisfaction Index A (LSIA), and psychological well-being, as operationalized by the Affect-Balance Scale (ABS), were significant in the experimental group when tested statistically through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). These results suggest that a structured process of life review can serve as a therapeutic intervention for homebound elderly persons.

Activities of Daily Living↗
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Teaching home health aides the use of Life Review.

Life Review is presented as a therapeutic nursing intervention for the elderly. This article describes a class on life review for home health aides and shows the ease with which these aides managed life review. The description of this class may serve as a model for inservice educators to teach nurse aides the use of life review.

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A staff development plan for the graying of America's hospital patients.

In this article, the authors describe a program created by a nursing inservice department to address the graying of America's hospital patients. The increased number of aging patients presents a challenge that hospitals must confront. Elderly patients who take longer to get well and consume more resources make unprecedented demands on nursing staff members. Because basic nursing education programs fail to address the problem, the task of preparing nursing personnel to care for aging patients falls to the hospital's department of staff development.

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