التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Digital Life Story Books: Intervention to maintain sense of self in older adults with memory difficulties. |
| المؤلفون: |
Lind, Majse1 mlind@ikp.aau.dk, Bluck, Susan2, Barbour, Elizabeth2 |
| المصدر: |
Educational Gerontology. Jan2025, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p88-101. 14p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*LIFE history interviews, *PSYCHOTHERAPY, *HUMAN services programs, *PROXY, *MEDICAL care, *EVALUATION of human services programs, *REMINISCENCE, *INTERNET, *QUANTITATIVE research, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *BOOKS, *AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL memory, *LONGITUDINAL method, *PRE-tests & post-tests, *CAREGIVERS, *RESEARCH methodology, *MEMORY, *REMINISCENCE therapy, *MEMORY disorders, *OLD age |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
The sharp increase in dementia and age-related memory impairments worldwide has made reminiscence-based interventions attractive. Past research is mixed with little focus on self-functioning. The aims of this study were (i) to develop and assess the implementation of a reminiscence-based intervention, Digital Life Story Books, grounded in evidence-based principles of autobiographical memory, and (ii) to evaluate its effectiveness in improving sense of self in older adults with memory difficulties. A remote reminiscence intervention, using multisensory Digital Life Story Books (DLSB), was developed. Using a short-term experimental, longitudinal design, 25 participants with memory difficulties were assigned to the DLSB condition (16 females; M = 73.96, SD = 8.8) and 23 to a Wait-List Control (16 females; M = 78.57, SD = 9.38). Informal caregivers (N = 34; M = 63.44, SD = 13.8) provided proxy-reports on the effects of the DLSB. The DLSB was successfully developed and positively evaluated by participants. In the DLSB condition, a strengthened sense of self, reflected directly in the memories selected for the DLSB was detected. No overall condition difference was detected pre- to post-therapy. The findings highlight the appeal of reminiscence activities but also the challenge of adequate measurement sensitivity to demonstrate effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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