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The promotion of well-being in aging individuals living in nursing homes
— a controlled pilot intervention with narrative strategies | | Author(s) | Giulia Cesetti, Francesca Vescovelli, Chiara Ruini |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 40, no 5, October-December 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2017 |
| Pages | pp 378-389 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Handicrafts ; Literature ; Therapy ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Living in the community ; Well being ; Sleep behaviour ; Stress ; Comparison ; Pilot ; Italy. |
| Annotation | This Italian study aimed: (1) to compare levels of well-being and distress in older adults living in nursing homes with those living in community; and (2) to test the feasibility of a positive narrative intervention for improving well-being versus a control art and craft intervention in a nursing home setting. Sixty older adults participated in the study (mean age 77.37, SD = 5.00, Male = 20). In Study 1, 30 adults living in nursing homes were compared with 30 people lving in the community using the following measures: Satisfaction with Life Scale, Psychological Well-being Scale, Social Well-being Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and sleep quality. In Study 2, the same 30 adults living in nursing homes were allocated to a positive narrative intervention group (N = 20) or to a control group (N = 10) and assessed post-intervention. In Study 1, older adults in nursing homes presented more depression and impairments in well-being, compared to community-dwellers. In Study 2, at post-treatment, individuals assigned to the narrative intervention reported significantly increased well-being and sleep quality. Although preliminary, the results showed that older adults living in nursing homes are more vulnerable than community-dwellers. These patients experienced improvement when given a short group positive narrative intervention applicable in nursing homes. This brief group intervention based on fairy tales yielded improvements in well-being and sleep quality in nursing home residents, who enjoyed and appreciated its content. These promising results need to be confirmed by future randomised controlled trials (RCTs). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171124214 A |
| Classmark | HD: HK: LO: KX: LHB: K4: D:F:5HH: CG: QNH: 48: 4UC: 76V |
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