BACKGROUND Current projections indicate that there will be a significant increase in the number of people with dementia in Ireland, from approximately 40,000 at present to 100,000 by 2036. Psychosocial interventions, such as reminiscence, have the potential to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. However, while reminiscence is used widely in dementia care, its impact on the qual...

The following is a personal reminiscence to commemorate Professor Martin Heisenberg's retirement from university duties as Professor Emeritus.

Recently a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) on a busy oncology unit was encouraging a 90 year-old gentleman to drink his prescribed supplement when he started talking about the days he had spent on a ship during World War II as a navy officer. He talked about the fact that he had been young and that he had visited many places. During this time he had met his wife of over 60 years who was now dea...

Three experiments examined reminiscence and hypermnesia in 5- and 6-year-olds' memory for an event across repeated interviews that occurred either immediately afterward (Experiment 1) or after a 6-month delay (Experiments 2 and 3). Reminiscence (recall of new information) was reliably obtained in all of the experiments, although the numbers of new items recalled were fewer after a delay than wh...

The authors have researched support system of the reminiscence and life review activity. This support system consists of an interactive tabletop display and interface system. On the reminiscence and life review activity, a therapist puts pictures on the table so as to trigger a talk. However some observers may perceive upside down images if they sit down opposite the therapist. To overcome this...

The metaphor of life-logging (personal e-memory) promises a complimentary assistance to the biological human memory. However life-log information, which is collected from raw context sensors data, is weakly coupled with real life events. Further forgetting, an inherent feature of human memory, is not supported in life-logs. To address these limitations of life-logs we propose two novel approach...

The authors have researched support system of the reminiscence and life review activity. This support system consists of an interactive tabletop display and interface system. On the reminiscence and life review activity, a therapist puts pictures on the table so as to trigger a talk. However some observers may perceive upside down images if they sit down opposite the therapist. To overcome this...