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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Life Review"”.
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Effects of Life Review on Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Older Adults
<p>Life review involves a systematic, chronological review of an individual’s life from birth to death as well as an examination of the meaningfulness of life experiences and events. The purpose of the current study was to discover the effects of life review on happiness and life satisfaction in …
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Reminiscence, life review, and journals: effects on the well-being of older adults
Review of life experiences for personal adaptation is a general tendency in older adults. A positive outcome of life review may be an increase in well-being. To test the hypothesis that reminiscence group activity, structured for life review, could increase well-being, a sample of 30 residents in a …
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Structured reminiscence and gestalt life review : group treatment of older adults for late life adjustment
… the effects of 2 theoretically divergent Life Review group psychotherapies on aspects of late life adjustment and development. Thirty-six adult non-patients, ages 65 years and older, from the Muncie - Delaware County vicinity, were randomly selected from an available subject pool of …
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Use of Family Life Review with Older Adults and Families Adjusting to the Late Life Transition of Relocation
Late life relocation for the purpose of receiving care may be one of the more challenging transitions for older adults because of being uprooted from their long-time home and the perceived loss of independence. Of available supportive housing options for older adults, assisted living facilities are …
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Senior quality of life issues
… past and present, affecting senior's quality of life. Findings of a prior study by Stock and Kanter (1980) indicate that responses on the Senior Apperception Techniques could be thematically categorized. The present study utilizes issues elicited by the Senior Apperception Technique to prompt …
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Uniform Series.
… memories, and themes suggested by the artist's life review process. The redemption of the past in order to arrive in the present mirrors the repeated processes involved in dyeing, discharging, and over-dyeing the cloth. The thesis discusses artistic influences and the integrating role of life …
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Biography from childhood to adulthood: mirroring as an educative and therapeutic strategy in caring for carers
… carers. It is based on Butler’s (1963; 1974) life review therapy and incorporates Pennebaker’s (1990) narrative writing paradigm. This single-subject study (Sinclair 1962; MacIntyre 1985; Erben 2000) sought to determine whether Assert was safe and effective in an individual setting and whether …
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Triumph of the Spirit: Creative Art Therapy and How It Impacts on the Quality of Life of Handicapped Elderly Patients in a Convalescent Home Setting
… encourages exploration of thoughts feelings and life review can provide such a challenge. When presented in a supportive environment, this process can offer these elders an opportunity to feel good not only about past but also present accomplishments. Research, both in the fields of medicine and …
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Creating a Cross-Disciplinary Understanding of Legacy Stories – What Does It Mean to Share a Legacy and What Do Storytellers Need?
… sociology have demonstrated how reminiscence and life review can be effective tools in enhancing wellbeing as people age or approach end of life, but results are generally categorized by interventions and outputs rather than by the specific needs of the individual. In this study a combination of …
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Salutogenesis 2.0: An examination of healthy ageing-in-place using a qualitative application of the Sense of Coherence.
… 1987; 1996), within the context of later life, and to consider the value of salutogenesis as an analytical perspective applicable to understanding older people’s health and wellbeing as they age-in-place. This was done by applying the theory’s analytical construct, the Sense of Coherence …
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The Connective Power of Reminiscence: Designing a Reminiscence-based Tool to Increase Social Interactions in Residential Care
… powers therapeutic interventions such as Life review and Reminiscence therapy, with well known positive outcomes on the wellbeing of older adults. In particular, reminiscence therapy supported by technology can increase self-esteem, facilitate social interactions and increase opportunities …
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Psychological Characteristics Associated With Risk for Suicidal Ideation Among Elderly Women
… Erikson's concepts of grand-generativity and the life-review process. Results were discussed. in terms of the adequacy of existing models in accounting for these psychological factors and in terms of their relationship to Erikson's developmental theory. Methodological considerations, as well as …
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A comparison of NN-DMT, changa & 5-MeO-DMT and the near-death experience: qualitative analyses and reviews of the neuroscience
… of features, such as encounters with the dead, life review and threshold of no return being much less common in DMT. Sequencing may be also less apparent in DMT. The most novel and enlightening conclusion, however, is that the core level at which discrepancies exist is at the qualitative level …