With the goal of designing applications for the social support of elderly we have followed a Participatory Design (PD) approach in the design of an application for supporting reminiscing activities. Four PD workshops were conducted to explore how reminiscence takes place and progressively co-design an application for its support. The demo allows the user to experiment our reminiscence applicati...

We have altered the paper in the light of the comments from the BMC statistical reviewer. As suggested, we have now made a more advanced data analysis using a mixed model framework for both residents and nursing staff. We have used the suggested covariates i.e. coefficients for time, reminiscence and interaction between time and reminiscence. The patient has been modelled as random effect, and ...

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...

BACKGROUND AND AIM There is increasing interest in using information and communication technology to help older adults with dementia to engage in reminiscence work. Now, the feasibility of such approaches is beginning to be established. The purpose of this study was to establish an evidence-base for the acceptability and efficacy of using multimedia digital life storybooks with people with deme...

The goal of this study was to experimentally examine how social comparison with younger and same-age targets influences perceptions of future well-being and mood among elderly women. In addition, we assessed whether life satisfaction and reminiscence about a positive former self moderated these reactions. Results indicated that reminiscence prior to comparison with a successful, younger target ...

Over multiple response opportunities, recall may be inconsistent. For example, an eyewitness may report information at trial that was not reported during initial questioning-a phenomenon called reminiscence. Such inconsistencies are often assumed by lawyers to be inaccurate and are sometimes interpreted as evidence of the general unreliability of the rememberer. In two experiments, we examined ...

Reminiscence therapy has been known to provide relief against depression and behavioral psychological symptoms of dementia. This used for decades as a nonpharmacological treatment or tool that produced both positive negative results. paper explores the current trends in reminiscence elderly. Some these involve use technology such mobile apps robotics while others follow more traditional proven ...

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