Wellbeing and activity in dementia: A comparison of group reminiscence therapy, structured goal-directed group activity and unstructured time

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Brooker ◽  
L. Duce
Keyword(s):  
Group Activity ◽  
Directed Group ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Group Reminiscence

scholarly journals Effectiveness of group reminiscence therapy for people living with dementia in a day care centers in Taiwan

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 924-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
HuiChen (Rita) Chang ◽  
Hui-Wen Chien
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Person With Dementia ◽  
Group Reminiscence

Objective To explore as a pilot study the effects of group reminiscence therapy upon depression of people living with dementia within dementia-specific day care centers. Method A unique pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental design counterbalanced with a qualitative grounded theory video analysis of facial expression and behavior was used to measure the effects of group reminiscence therapy. The study recruited 21 participants in total from two dementia-specific day care centers. Results The findings highlighted improvements in depression, communication, and positive mood after group reminiscence intervention. The results also showed that participants scored higher on average during the Chinese New Year and marriage reminiscence activities compared to the other activities, revealing the subject matters extraordinarily significance. Conclusion This study provides evidence supporting the proposition that undertaking a cultural focus reminiscence therapy may produce significant psychosocial improvements for a person with dementia.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of structured group reminiscence therapy in decreasing the feelings of loneliness, depressive symptoms and anxiety among inmates of a residential home for the elderly in Chittoor district

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayanthi Tarugu ◽  
R. Pavithra ◽  
Sivagami Vinothchandar ◽  
Aniruddha Basu ◽  
Sirshendu Chaudhuri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Residential Home ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Group Reminiscence

Background: The proportion of the elderly population is increasing in low and middle-income countries. Apart from systemic illnesses, elderly people face mental illnesses. Effect of group reminiscence therapy in reducing some of the mental health aspects showing a promising effect but the evidence is lacking in Indian settings. The present study aimed to determine the effect of reminiscence therapy in decreasing the level of loneliness, depressive symptoms, and anxiety among the elderly population at an institutional level.Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, residents of an old age home were evaluated for loneliness, depressive symptoms and anxiety through revised UCLA, geriatric depression scale, and Geriatric Anxiety Scale respectively. Group reminiscence therapy was applied to them and post-intervention assessment was done by the same scales.Results: Significant reduction of anxiety score [1.33 (0.03, 2.64)] was noticed in anxiety. Depressive symptoms showed a mean reduction in score [0.59 (-0.41, 1.6)] but statistically not significant. When graded into severity, all three outcomes showed improvement from higher severity grade to lower grade in post-intervention assessment. The intervention resulted in an improvement of 66.7% in depressive symptoms, 33.3% in anxiety and 30.8% in loneliness.Conclusions: The study found reminiscence therapy could be encouraging in resource-poor Indian settings. We recommend for further exploration of the long-term effects of this program, its feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and validation of the content for large-scale implementation. 

Measuring engagement among older adults using a multidimensional analysis of communication: Method Design (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Radnan ◽  
Weicong Li ◽  
Catherine J Stevens ◽  
Clair Hill ◽  
Caroline Jones
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Facial Movement ◽  
Word Use ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Treatment Conditions ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Group Reminiscence ◽  
External Stimuli

BACKGROUND Characterising older adult engagement is important to determine the effectiveness of interventions. Engagement is the occupying of oneself in external stimuli and is observable across multiple dimensions of behaviour. Engagement of older adults is commonly investigated on a single behavioural dimension. OBJECTIVE In this article, we present a multidisciplinary approach for measuring and characterising engagement of older adults using techniques appropriate for people with varying degrees of dementia. METHODS Contexts for engagement included a dyadic reminiscence therapy interview and a 12-week technology driven group reminiscence therapy. Participants were older adults (8 female, 1 male, mean age: 79) who attended a day respite facility. Audio-visual recordings of the sessions were processed to analyse facial movement, lexical use, and prosodic patterns of speech. Facial movement was processed using OpenFace to measure the presence and intensity of facial movement. Lexical use was processed using the Linguistic Enquiry and Word Count to measure personal pronoun use, affective word use, and emotional tone of words in speech. Prosodic patterns of speech were processed using custom scripts written in Praat and Python, to measure mean duration of utterances, mean words per utterance, articulation rate and variability of F0. Mixed-effects modelling was used to assess effects of treatment conditions on dependent variable outcomes. RESULTS Results indicate measuring engagement through a multidimensional approach can sensitively capture older adults’ engagement. CONCLUSIONS Application of this method can enhance a researcher’s ability to measure older adult engagement, provide means to compare across interventions and contextual environments, and further develop the science of psychosocial intervention research.

Efficacy of Group Reminiscence Therapy on Cognition, Depression, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, and Activities of Daily Living for Patients With Alzheimer Disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 272-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mo Li ◽  
Ji-hui Lyu ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Mao-long Gao ◽  
Rena Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Disease Assessment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Group Reminiscence

The current study aimed to investigate the effects of group reminiscence therapy on cognitive function, depression, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and activities of daily living in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease (AD). A single-blind randomized parallel-design controlled trial was conducted between May 1, 2017, and April 30, 2018. Ninety patients with mild-to-moderate AD recruited from Beijing Geriatric Hospital were randomly allocated into intervention (n = 45) and control groups (n = 45). In the intervention group, group-based reminiscence therapy was performed in two 30- to 45-minute sessions weekly for 12 weeks. Control participants received only conventional drug treatments and routine daily care. Alzheimer disease–related symptoms were evaluated using the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive section, the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD), the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and the Barthel Index. Four time points were set for data collection: baseline (before treatment), 4 weeks (during treatment), 12 weeks (end of treatment), and 24 weeks (12 weeks posttreatment). χ2 Tests, independent t tests, repeated-measures analysis of variance, and Bonferroni tests were used for data analysis. Significant improvements in depressive and neuropsychiatric symptoms were found in the intervention group compared to the control group ( P < .05). Mean CSDD scores in the intervention group were improved at all 3 time points compared to baseline and showed the greatest effect at 12 weeks ( t = 2.076, P = .041) and 24 weeks follow-up ( t = 3.834, P = .000) compared to controls. Group reminiscence therapy was effective for improving depressive symptoms and was beneficial for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with AD.

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