...This article was downloaded by: [Washington University in St Louis] On: 27 October 2013, At: 12:41 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Aging & Mental Health Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/camh20 Life-review therapy with computer supplements for depression in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial Barbara Preschl , Andreas Maercker , Birgit Wagner , Simon Forstmeier , Rosa M. Baños a c d a a b a , Mariano Alcañiz , Diana Castilla & Cristina Botella e f d f Department of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention , University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland b Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig , Germany c Departamento Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos , Universidad de Valencia , Valencia , Spain d e f CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III , Spain LabHuman , Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Valencia , Spain Departamento de Psicología Básica , Clinica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I , Castellón , Spain Published online: 13 Jul 2012. To cite this article: Barbara Preschl , Andreas Maercker , Birgit Wagner , Simon Forstmeier , Rosa M. Baños , Mariano Alcañiz , Diana Castilla & Cristina Botella (2012) Life-review...
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...talking about the wonderful events that occurred with their family and friends. Right after that, they mentioned how they regret that they lost contact with some family and friends. During this part of the discussion, their mood and voice changed. I noticed that this was something that played a role in their negative life review, even though they started off mentioning their great adventures with their family and friends. As mentioned, by having discussions with the residents can improve their life satisfaction is related to the use of reminiscence therapy. In reminiscence therapy the residents discuss past events and experiences with another resident or with a group. A study found that by using this type of therapy, there was an increase in self-esteem, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being, and reduced depression. (572) A way in which Arlington Place can improve the residents’ life satisfaction is to have an occasional reminiscence therapy session. The manager and clinicians should gather photographs, familiar items, video recordings that belong to the residents. By doing this, the individuals who are at the despair spectrum will be able to remember new experiences and perhaps move towards integrity. In late adulthood, another socio-emotional theory that explains development is the activity theory. The activity theory states that if the older adult is more active and involved, they are more likely to be satisfied with their life. (572) The more engaged with society...
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...Chapter 2: Current Marketing situation/ Market analysis Competitive analysis: -Reminiscence Reminiscence is a home based edible arrangements business located in Guyana and owned by chocolatier, Indra Mekdeci. It was founded in December 2011 and provides customers with delicious high quality, artistically designed fruit bouquets and gifts that are practical and healthy. Reminiscence’s main goal is to bring people together by allowing friends and families overseas to add joy to any occasion by gifting the bouquets to family in Guyana. The bouquets that are made include truffles that are made from scratch, fresh fruits, Belgian chocolates and premium imported strawberries. Today, Reminiscence also offers to customer’s fresh flowers and the option of customizing bouquets. Reminiscence has an active website and Facebook page. Its Facebook page has over 5000 likes and numerous reviews from customers which are mainly good. Their Facebook page features three apps, which outline how to order, what the business is about and the products they offer however all orders must be done on their website or through telephone. Their products and prices are as follows: PRODUCT | PRICE | Apple cinnamon truffle box | $17.50 – $47.50 | Appreciation basket | $28.00 – $65.00 | Assorted cheesecake stuffed chocolate strawberries | $25.00 – $75.00 | Berry sunshine basket | $85.00 | Blooming birthday bouquet | $90.00 | ...
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...ail.cMEMORY – CHRIS VAN WYK Candice Millar 214119874 LLE 101 ‘Memory’ which was written by Chris Van Wyk, is an extremely powerful poem. The poem does not only place emphasis on power, but tenderness when it comes to the childhood, traumatic memory, motherhood and feelings of nostalgia and reminiscence which are evoked throughout the whole poem. This essay will highlight the different events that took place in the poem and how the poet used certain imagery in order to contribute towards this piece. The poem, ‘Memory’, includes many elements of the personal in fresh and moving ways. Feelings of nostalgia and reminiscence evoke what has passed. Chris Van Wyk highlights a sense of trauma when it comes to the poets childhood and memories. The life of Chris Van wyk has shaped the narrative of this poem and provides examples of certain incidents that have cauterised his childhood. The traumatic events in this poem includes : * Derek dangling on the chair –dangerous (stanza 1) * Vetkoek (very hot) – gas cooker (when visualising stanza 1, one can only imagine how dangerous the situation could be) * Lacking a relationship with his own father (stanza 3) works in the factory (doesn’t get paid that much for the amount of work that he does) * Financially poor family; other ways too. Difficult circumstances (staple diets) * Constantly questions why he hasn’t written these memories down before, this could be that he has pushed these negative memories away. He...
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...Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology is a scientific examination of a person’s cognition. It focuses on how we distinguish, learn, and retain information, think, rationale, and respond. There are sub domains of cognitive psychology which are insight, attention, knowledge, memory, idea formation, way of thinking, judgment, choice making, predicament solving, and language dispensation. Perception is how we understand things around us. Attention is how we decide what is significant to us when offered with numerous things. Learning helps to enhance the response that we have to our surroundings. Memory is the capability at which we obtain things. Concept configuration is the ability to systematize our many diverse perceptions. Conclusion, decisions, reasoning, and predicament solving are how we shape the choices that we create and how we believe about the choices that we create. Language insight is how we understand the things we say and hear (Scholarepedia, 2011). Perception is one of the main landmarks of cognitive psychology. Perception is how people deliberately distinguish objects. From a visual point of view insight would include recognizing the form of an object, dimension, and distance away from the person. Perception is how a person gains access to information about the adjacent environment right away (Willingham, 2007). George Berkeley discussed insight as being a fraction of the empiricist versus nativist dispute. Berkeley happened to be an intense empiricist. He...
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...Unit 4222-371 Understand and enable positive interaction and communication with individuals who have dementia (DEM 312) Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand the factors that can affect interactions and communication of individuals with dementia The learner can: 1. explain how different forms of dementia may affect the way an individual communicates People with dementia often experience a gradual decrease in their ability to communicate as their dementia progress. They may find it more and more difficult to express themselves clearly to others and to understand what others are saying to them. This can become frustrating for people with dementia and for those trying to communicate with them. The different types of dementia affect the brain in different ways and each individual communicates their thoughts and feelings in a unique fashion. However, there are often similarities in their losses. How communication is affected: In the early stages of some forms of dementia people have difficulty finding the right word; and in the late stage words may be lost completely in all forms of dementia. It becomes harder to put sentences together as the disease progresses. Automatic responses such as "hello" are maintained for the longest period of time. In the late stages of the disease a person with dementia may have very limited ability to speak. Remember: There is more to communication than what you say. Communication is made up of: Body language (including facial expressions, posture...
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...| Old Soldiers Never Die | A Historiographical Essay on Douglas MacArthur | | Author Name | MM/DD/YYYY | Course Number | General Douglas MacArthur, one of America’s greatest military commanders, was in a category that few men have ever been. Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1880. Being raised in a military family had a profound effect on MacArthur as a boy and into adulthood. His father, Arthur MacArthur, was a recipient of the Medal of Honor; an award that would later also be bestowed upon Douglas. His grandfather had served on the United States Supreme Court. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated at the top of his class in 1903. This began his long and illustrious career with the United States Army. After rising through the ranks so quickly that he was promoted to Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1930, he later decided to retire in 1937. History, however, was not finished writing the story of Douglas MacArthur. He was later called back to active duty in 1941 and was sent to defend the Philippines against the Japanese forces. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his efforts in that campaign. It was also during this time that he was promoted to the rank of five-star general; a rank that has only been achieved by five other men in the army, with the exceptions of George Washington and John J. Pershing. MacArthur was then placed in command of the U.S. occupation in Japan...
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...18 she was admitted into hospice. At the begning of her stay at hospice she experienced grand mal seizures, eventually these turned into “dreamy” temporal lobe seizures. Whenever one of these seizures occurred, Bhagawhandi experienced reminiscence—she experienced visions of her life in India. Oliver Sacks is unsure if these visions where caused by the temporal lobe seizures of by the massive doses of steroids she was taking, but the steroids where keeping her from lapsing into a coma so she remained on the drugs. These dream states...
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...Name of the activity: “Living this moment, Expecting the future” Introduction In order to enhance to face on elderly with psychological problem and promote the importance of mental health of aging population, there are programme for elderly who is suffering depression. In the programme, it is about the whole day activity including learning and practical. Objective of the activity Through the activity, elderly can recall the past memory and learn the society situation of education nowadays to let elderly understand and connect with the society in different aspect. We expect that can help elderly accepting the past, living in the present and Looking to the future. Also, in the activity process, elderly can learn some methods for relieve their emotion problem, mental problem rather than avoid facing the problem and then deteriorating their condition. Moreover, provide the complete activity in whole day and creates a relaxing and moving opportunity for elderly, also provide a different and special activity for them. Characteristics of the elders The elderly with psychological problem as depression is the programme concerning since depression problem is a common mental health related problem. Also, we focus on the elderly with depression who are widowed and living alone, but they have family. Moreover, two type targets on this elderly which keep join some activity in the center and not always stay at home. Another elderly type is disconnecting with society...
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...Assignment 2: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Literature (30%) (This assignment is submitted through the WebCT assignment dropbox. Please check the deadlines listed in the course schedule located on the home page for due dates.) This term paper (3,000 words, double-spaced, 12-point font) is a critical analysis of a topic area within the field of gerontology. The paper is to be based on a review of gerontological literature. Statements made in the paper should be supported by references to published peer-reviewed academic journal articles, book chapters, and books. Your paper must go beyond the material found in your course readings—you are expected to refer to at least 10 to 12 additional academic sources directly related to your topic. All references should follow the American Psychological Association style. Please visitAPA for the citation style to be followed for the reference list. Failure to reference properly will be penalized. The following is a list of suggested topics. The purpose of this list is to give you some direction and make you aware of related possibilities. If you wish to write on a topic not included in this list, you must check with the tutor-marker about your proposed topic by the end of week 5. Writing on another topic requires that you demonstrate to the tutor-marker and course supervisor that you have a clear understanding of what you propose to do and that you have verified that sufficient research is available on the topic to enable you to...
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...Abstract The bond between siblings is the most enduring bond that any of us experiences, this bond is not as demanding and critical as that of our parents, children or spouse and this is potentially longest relationship we will ever have in life. The bond that is shared with siblings helps to determine the quality of bond we will experience with our other relationships in life. Brothers and sisters have different effects on their lives and the multiple roles they play. Siblings often grow up in the same household, they have a large amount of exposure to one another, but this relationship tends to be more egalitarian than with other family members. Furthermore, sibling relationships often reflect the overall condition of cohesiveness within a family. The different stages of life changes the way siblings interact. Also how researchers draw almost the same results with the four consistent findings. Brothers and sisters play an important role in one another’s lives that simulates the companionship and personal importance of parents as well as the importance of friends. According to(cite#1 Brank 2013) Sibling relationships are dynamic and vary depending on the stage in the life cycle; they are no less important during old age than when children are toddlers or adolescents. However, what one expects from and what one gives to a sibling in old age is different from expectations and exchanges at earlier ages. (Cite#2 Kails 2013)There is more and more research being done, showing...
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...A Critical Review and Analysis of the Literature (This assignment is submitted through the Canvas assignment dropbox.) This term paper (3,000 words, double-spaced, 12-point font) is a critical analysis of a topic area within the field of gerontology. The paper is to be based on a review of gerontological literature. Statements made in the paper should be supported by references to published peer-reviewed academic journal articles, book chapters, and books. Your paper must go beyond the material found in your course readings—you are expected to refer to at least 10 to 12 additional academic sources directly related to your topic. All references should follow the American Psychological Association style. Please visit APA (Links to an external site.) for the citation style to be followed for the reference list. Failure to reference properly will be penalized. The following is a list of suggested topics. The purpose of this list is to give you some direction and make you aware of related possibilities. If you wish to write on a topic not included in this list, you must check with the tutor-marker about your proposed topic by the end of week 5. Writing on another topic requires that you demonstrate to the tutor-marker and course supervisor that you have a clear understanding of what you propose to do and that you have verified that sufficient research is available on the topic to enable you to write a paper meeting the course requirements. Sample Topics 1. Describe the impact...
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...Night of Broken Glass” par. 3-4). One firefighter shared his story of the night by way of letter, stating that, “I was not allowed to go into the firehouse to take the engines out, or even to open the doors. One of my friends, who lived next to the Synagogue, whispered to me, ‘Be quiet - the Synagogue is burning; I was beaten up already when I wanted to put out the fire’” (qtd. in “Kristallnacht Eyewitness Accounts and Reminiscences” par. 2). He then writes that the firefighters were not allowed to use water on the burning synagogue until it posed a danger to non-Jews. Once the synagogue had been mostly destroyed, Jews were rounded up and forced to kneel in front of the ruined building (“Kristallnacht Eyewitness Accounts and Reminiscences” par. 3-5). Although the firefighter was not Jewish, he quotes, “As I was watching the destroyed Synagogue and the frail old Jews, I wondered whose turn would be next!... When would it be our turn? Will the same thing happen to our Protestant and Catholic Churches!” (qtd. in “Kristallnacht Eyewitness Accounts and Reminiscences” par. 6). ...
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...exploration of his family background. In an attempt to get close to his heritage, he decides to return to the land of his people to experience his roots first hand as he aims at mourning the loss of a loved one. It offers a thrilling account of the Kiowa people spirit core that is told through the author. Summary of the literary style The way to Rainy Mountain is the journey that is told in three voices. The first voice is told through the ancestral voice. The second voice involves a historical commentary that helps in guiding one on the historical background of the Kiowa people. The third voice as depicted in the Way to Rainy Mountain, involves the use of Momaday’s poetic memoir found from his experiences. It forms the personal reminiscence as told by Momaday’s own voice. However, the most important aspect is that all the three voices together help to teach on the Kiowa’s traditions, morals, beliefs and their origin (Momaday, 1991). Characterization The book presents a hint of non-fiction that allows one to surmise that Momaday is the author and also the narrator. For this reason the characterization of the play was focused on Momaday as the man who left his family’s homeland so as to make his life elsewhere (Momaday, 1991). However, due to the special relationship that he had with his grandmother he stayed in contact with...
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...were to the factor of thinking about an organic king size mattress for our personal mattress. At this point, there were numerous new organic alternatives to be had, and I struggled to seek to figure out which one to shop for. We sooner or later settled on a main natural bed logo that had top sourcing in their materials and had been examined to be non-toxic. We slept on this mattress for numerous years, but neither my husband or I “cherished” it. So after many extra hours of studies, and numerous years of much less-than-best sleep, we upgraded to a very highly-priced Essential organic bed. This one turned into extra of a reminiscence foam kind natural bed with natural latex and while we first were given it, I become in love. The Organic Mattress Problem Unfortunately, we discovered over the next few months that while I cherished the remarkable-tender reminiscence foam, it didn’t paintings quite so nicely for my husband, as he began developing again ache that grew worse over the years. He even resorted to sleeping on the ground or couch some instances for a few remedy of the lower back pain, as the more impregnable dozing surface helped. After a few months of this, I found out that we’d recollect any other mattresses choice (which changed into irritating, because the Essential bed became no longer cheap and I’d researched for a long-term earlier than selecting it!). I commenced studying again, and this changed into also across the time that I have become IRL (in actual existence)...
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