This paper discusses the role of reminiscence systems, used to support reminiscing work. It is intended to provide an overview of the area of reminiscing research and to define the technologies that are used in such research. Recommendations on future directions in reminiscence systems research are provided.

BACKGROUND The growing number of people with dementia, and the increasing cost of care, provides a major incentive to develop and test methods of supporting them in the community for longer. Most attention has been given to pharmacological interventions, but there is increasing recognition that psychosocial interventions may be equally effective, even preferable where medication has negative si...

objective: the present study aimed to determine the effect of reminiscence on cognitive status and memory of a sample of elderly people who lived in aged day centers in golestan province, iran. methods: this study was a semi-experimental research. the subjects consisted of 45 elderly people who referred to the aged day centers of golestan province. each four groups of 45 aged subjects (4 groups...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of the evidence for the effectiveness of a range of possible treatments for depression in older people. DATA SOURCES Literature search using the PubMed, PsycInfo and Cochrane Library databases. DATA SYNTHESIS Treatments that have been suggested to be effective for depression were grouped under three categories: medical treatments, psychological treat...

The research presented in this paper investigates the construction and feasibility of use of an ontology of reminiscence in a conversational agent (CA) with suitable reminiscence mechanisms for non-clinical use within a healthy aging population who may have memory loss as part of normal aging and thereby improve subjective well-being (SWB).

background: cognitive impairments, which are common problems among the elderly people, account for a wide range of aging disorders. group reminiscence can be used as a profitable therapeutic method for preventing cognitive-behavioral disorders in older adults. therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of group reminiscence on the cognitive status of elderly people. methods: this study was a...

BACKGROUND Reminiscence is a process of recalling long-forgotten memorable experiences and events through verbal interaction between the person eliciting memories and one or more persons. Reminiscence is considered an effective treatment for various groups of people, particularly the elderly. AIM This paper describes an intervention study on group reminiscence intervention for people with end...