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KMID : 1022120040070010023
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Health and Welfare
2004 Volume.7 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.36
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A Study on the Effectiveness of Reminiscence Therapy for the Demented Elderly: Centered on the Improvement of the Cognition, Memory, Behavior Problems and the Activity of Daily Living
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Jun Eun-Seok
Do Jong-Doo
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Abstract
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Nowadays senile dementia is on the rise as consequence of serious social problem because of it is old aged society by improvement of medical service. However remedial approach is not being done because of we still don"t have an infallible cure of dementia and dementia is been hard to cure. Thus it is introduced in this study to the concept of Reminiscence therapy, which is one of the remedies. I tried to find out which remedy is the best to cure demented elderly and which is been able to use on field.
For this study, I applied a developed Reminiscence therapy program in actual practice.
First, I chose nine demented elderly who are lived in "Sunwoo Dementia Consulting Center" located in Daejon metropolitan city, and I separated them in two groups for this study. Second, I applied Reminiscence therapy to first group, and I did not apply any Reminiscence therapy to second group. The first group was applied the program, one time a week for fifty minutes, for about three months. The measurement of Cognitive function was practiced four times - one time before applying the Reminiscence therapy by HDS-R and ADAS-Cognitive, and one time during applying the program, and one time after ending of the program and one time after one month from ending the program. The measurement of Memory and Behavior problems function was practiced four times - one time before applying the Reminiscence therapy by MMSE, and one time during applying the program, and one time after ending of the program and one time after one month from ending the program. The measurement of ADL was practiced two times - one time before applying the Reminiscence therapy by the ADL, and one time after one month from ending the program.
Effectiveness of Reminiscence therapy and possibility of application of Reminiscence therapy program are proved because of this study shows the Reminiscence therapy keeps well the Cognitive function, Memory and Behavior problems function and the ADL function of demented elderly, improves those functions, affects positively to the whole life.
However we must develop Reminiscence therapy, which is proper to a trait of character, and expanded application is needed. In addition, temporary remedy must not be performed but continuous cure. This study will be complement by studying about special situation researcher cannot control something like unexpected death of demented elderly by other diseases.
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KEYWORD
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the demented elderly, cognitive function, memory, behavior problems, ADL function
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