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EXPERT REVIEW OF NEUROTHERAPEUTICS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 545-555Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1586/ERN.12.35
Keywords
dementia; life review; life story book; nursing homes; reminiscence
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- Medical Research Council [G0300932] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0300932] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [G0300932] Funding Source: UKRI
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Expert Rev. Neurother. 12(5), 545-555 (2012) This systematic review aims to review the potential psychosocial benefits of individual reminiscence therapy for people with dementia. Five randomized controlled trials were identified. All were carried out in nursing or care homes, and several different approaches were represented. The studies reported some immediate and longer-term psychosocial benefits to people with dementia of individual reminiscence work, where this involved a life review process or personalized, specific reminiscence work. These benefits included mood, well-being and aspects of cognitive function. There was no evidence that the use of general reminiscence materials was associated with psychosocial benefits. The use of life story books and multimedia alternatives, with or without an associated life review process, does appear to be worth pursuing from both clinical and research perspectives.
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