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Evaluating reminiscence therapy for people with dementia
Author(s)	Lene Thorgrimsen
Journal title	PSIGE Newsletter, no 75, January 2001
Publisher	Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, January 2001
Pages	pp 7-10
Keywords	Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Therapy ; Evaluation ; Pilot.
Annotation	Directions in which reminiscence therapy has moved since the 1960s are summarised. There has been much discussion about reminiscence as therapy for people with dementia; and the term "reminiscence therapy" has been replaced with "reminiscence work" by many workers in the field. A review of the technique for the NHS-funded Cochrane Collaboration reached no firm conclusions, given a lack of scientifically rigorous research. This article introduces the work of the Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today project and the pilot study conducted with a reminiscence group at Age Exchange in Blackheath, south-east London. Workers' and carers' perceptions should be confirmed, that reminiscence with people with dementia is one of the most valuable therapeutic interventions available. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010124205 A
Classmark	EA: DB: LO: 4C: 4UC
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