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. 2011 Sep;19(3):199-209.
doi: 10.1097/JNR.0b013e318228ced3.

Impact of the life review program on elders with dementia: a preliminary study at a day care center in southern Taiwan

Li-Jung Lin  1 , Kuan-Yi Li, Carla E S Tabourne
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Impact of the life review program on elders with dementia: a preliminary study at a day care center in southern Taiwan

Li-Jung Lin et al. J Nurs Res. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Background: : Life review, a type of reminiscence therapy, assists participants to seek personal value in order to enhance social status and maintain a high quality of life (QOL).

Purpose: : This study aimed to examine the impact of an adaptive life review program (LRP) on perceived QOL in elders with mild to moderate dementia at a day care center and assess the effect, if any, of different cognitive impairment levels on intervention outcome.

Methods: : This pre-experimental design used a single group of seven subjects for pretest and posttest and purposive sampling at a 2-week interval. Researchers administered to each subject a 10-day therapeutic recreation program modified from Tabourne's (1991) LRP.

Results: : Posttest results found no statistically significant improvements. However, subjects reported higher mean scores of perceived QOL as measured by the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. This finding indicated a trend of improving physical and mental health after the intervention. In addition, subjects with moderate cognitive impairment reported a higher improvement in physical health perception than did subjects with mild cognitive impairment.

Conclusions/implications for practice: : Future research should include a larger sample size and a longer period of intervention and adopt multiple dimensions of QOL measurements to increase research rigor. Suggestions from this study can be used to improve the LRP.

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