Abstract Memory, especially autobiographical memory, is central to personhood in contemporary North America and Europe (Herskovits 1995). Cultivated practices of reminiscence, which older adults are prompted remember events experiences from the past, can be pleasurable, meaningful, therapeutic activities that shape contribute wellbeing (Coleman, 1999; Sherman, 1987). Although reminiscence inclu...

AIM To examine the values of a reminiscence programme, adopting an intergenerational approach, on older persons with early dementia and youth volunteers. METHOD A pre- and post- one group design was adopted. Forty-nine elderly participants with early dementia and 117 youth volunteers participated in the study. Each elderly participant was assigned to two youth participants. This dyad group pa...

On July 1, 1970, I started my fellowship in neonatology under the tutelage of Mary Ellen Avery. I entered her lab in the MacIntyre Building at McGill University in Montreal. There were no other fellows or techs working in her lab at the time. The lab was spacious but sparsely furnished. In one corner was a pneumatic surface balance, handbuilt, from the design of John Clements. A lab book lay on...

Background: some studies have confirmed the effectiveness of reminiscence on mental health, although there are conflicting results in this area. There are no interventional, localized and confirmed studies into the effectiveness of this intervention on mental wellbeing of old people in our country. Aim: To determine the effect of reminiscence therapy on the elderly happiness. Methods: In this c...