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| Audience based reminiscence therapy intervention: effects on the morale and attitudes of nursing home residents and staff | | Author(s) | A Norman Goldwasser, Stephen M Auerbach |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 2, no 2, Summer/Fall 1996 |
| Pages | pp 101-114 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Therapy ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Personnel ; Morale ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this US study, 36 alert older nursing home residents were interviewed on a single occasion using a reminiscence/life review or a present-focused format with or without the presence of nursing staff members involved in their care. Results revealed significant positive effects on the residents' morale and attitudes toward staff in the reminiscence conditions only. Irrespective of interview format, staff who were present during interviews demonstrated significant improvements in general attitude towards older people and job satisfaction compared to those who were not present. Residents who were interviewed in the presence of staff were also perceived as being less hostile and friendlier compared to those who were interviewed with no staff present. Of these residents, those who were in the reminiscence condition showed the most dramatic changes in these interpersonal dimensions. Results are discussed in terms of implications for improving quality of staff-resident relationships and overall care in long-term health care facilities, as well as reducing rates of staff turnover. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980515212 A |
| Classmark | DB: LO: LHB:LF: QM: DQ: TOB: 7T |
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