A study on the Significance and the Effectiveness of Reminiscence for the Elderly with Dementia

本研究旨在探讨记忆疗法对老年痴呆症患者的治疗意义及有效性。主要研究内容如下：1.通过阅读国外有关回忆疗法的定义、目的、方法及研究结果的相关论文（原文），研究了回忆疗法对老年痴呆症患者的疗效。我摘录了以下内容：1）可以激活所有剩余的五种感官，2）照顾者和被照顾者（老年人）都喜欢互动，3）转移（遗传）到下一代是执行，4）生命的整合（对过去和现在的接受，对未来的前景）5）归属于群体（社区）或社会和相互联系是可能的，6）他们享受回忆本身作为舒适和愉快的活动/经验。 ...更多信息 2.通过观看老年痴呆症患者记忆场景的视频图像，表现出各种情绪和反应。照顾者或家属对老年痴呆症患者讲述的故事内容所持有的感情的深度和严重性，通过他们对故事中刺激部分的反应的表情来证明。3.已证明，操纵和使用数字视频作为从照顾者和家属的表情判断回忆场景的重要性的方法之一是有效的，由此可以判断回忆疗法是有效的。然而，不仅是老年痴呆症患者本身，为了将回忆疗法确立为有效的方法之一，还需要适当地掌握周围的家庭或环境以及照顾者一方所看到的反应。此外，DVD的生产及其利用被认为是有效的评估方法之一。少

This study is to identify the significance and the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy for the elderly with dementia. I have summarized as following.1.I have studied the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy for the elderly old adults with dementia reading the selected overseas theses (original) that provide the definition of reminiscence therapy, its purpose and method and the results of the studies. And I have abstracted the following; 1)that it is possible to activate all the remaining five senses, 2)The caregivers and the carereceivers (old adults) both enjoy the interaction, 3)that transfer (inheritance) to the next generation is performed, 4)that integration of life (acceptance of the past and the present, prospect for future) is promoted, 5)that adscription to group (community) or society and mutual association are made possible, 6)that they enjoy reminiscence itself as comfortable and pleasant activity/experience.It is considered that there is enough possibility to establish … More reminiscence therapy as one of the methods of approach to old adults with dementia.2.As the result of viewing the video image of remembering scene of the elderly with dementia various emotions and reactions are expressed.The deepness and seriousness of the feeling that the caregivers or the families holds towards the contents of the stories told by the elderly with dementia was proved by their expressions reacting to the stimulating parts of the reminiscence or the expressions or the actions by the old adults with dementia.3.It has been proven that maneuvering and using of digital video is effective as one of the methods to judge the importance of the scene of reminiscence from the expressions of the caregivers and families.Reminiscence therapy can be judged as effective from above. However not only the elderly with dementia themselves it is necessary to duly grasp the surrounding families or environment and the reactions viewed for the caregiver's side in order to establish the reminiscence therapy as one of the effective approaches. Also, production of DVD and its utilization are considered to be effective as one of the methods of assessment. Less