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Reminiscence therapy: A nursing intervention in the home care setting

Supervising Community Health Nurse Ideal Senior Living Center Long Term Home Health Care Department Endicott, New York

This article presents a review of both theoretical and empirical literature regarding the use of remi niscence therapy as a health-promoting strategy. A conceptual framework is then developed that describes the phenomenon that recollection is an expansion of consciousness. The article con cludes with a discussion of how individual reminiscence therapy can be used in the home care setting to promote health in the elderly. Key words: remiraiscence, self-awareness, expansion of consciousness, health promotion, life review

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 6, No. 3, 45-51 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/108482239400600308


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