Personalized Multimedia Videos As Reminiscence Therapy For Persons With Dementia
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1926&context=ysphtdlNotable quote: “Reminiscence therapies are an effective intervention in increasing self-esteem, well-being, sense of personhood and even reducing distress and confusion in persons with dementia. There is even evidence that reminiscence therapies can slightly slow the progression of dementia, by enabling a cohesive narrative and sense of identity.”
The effect of digital reminiscence therapy on people with dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204054/Notable quote: “Digital RT {reminiscence therapy} proved an innovative approach to manage PWD {persons with dementia} and will thus help PWD achieve a better mood and have more opportunities to engage in social interactions.”
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of reminiscence therapy for people with dementia
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30712519/Notable quote: “The overall effect size was presented using standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% confidence intervals. Cohen’s d effect size for depression was -0.541 (95% CI: -0.847 to -0.234, Z = -3.730, p<0.001), indicating that depression was significantly reduced in the reminiscence group compared to the control group. Increased quality of life and decreased BPSD were also found in the reminiscence group compared to the control group.”
Notable quote: “Reminiscence therapy has a moderate effect on depression and can be broadly used to decrease depression as an alternative to antipsychotics, which can have harmful side effects and high cost.”
The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy on Cognition, Depression, and Activities of Daily Living for Patients With Alzheimer Disease
JGeriatrPsychiatryNeurol-2016-DuruA-iret-31-7.pdfNotable quote: “At the end of reminiscence therapy sessions, increase in cognition and decrease in depression were found statistically significant in intervention group.”
Notable quote: “We believe that applications supporting remembering the past at regular intervals in elderly individuals positively affects the cognitive process as the individuals make a conscious effort and spend more time to remember past events while the memories of another person stimulate the memories of the individual during the sessions and facilitate reminiscence.”
Notable quote: “A decrease of 6.29 units was found in the GDS score of the individuals in the intervention group at the end of reminiscence therapy in our study…”
Notable quote: “The positive effect of reminiscence therapy on the cognitive status, depression, and daily living activities in institutionalized patients with mild and moderate AD indicates a need for more widespread use of reminiscence therapy…”
Effects of Productive Activities with Reminiscence in Occupational Therapy for People with Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study
nakamae-et-al-2014-effects-of-productive-activities-with-reminiscence-in-occupational-therapy-for-people-with-dementia.pdfNotable quote: “However, when considering depression-related symptoms, we did find significant statistical differences in the CSDD subscore early morning awakening (p Z .046) and in the Vitality Index subscore communication (p Z .03) between the intervention and control groups. Before-and-after comparison revealed that CSDD and MOSES depression scores for the intervention group were significantly reduced (Table 3). Reduced depression (CSDD and MOSES define depression as >1 point) was observed in elderly patients across the entire spectrum of cognitive impairment from mild-to-severe dementia: two out of two patients with MMSE scores of 0e9 saw improvement (100% for CSDD and 50% for MOSES, respectively), six out of 11 patients with scores 10e19 improved (36% and 27%), and one out of two patients with scores 20e23 improved (50% and 0%). The improvement in CSDD and MOSES depression scores was not correlated with the severity of dementia (change score in CSDD vs. MMSE: n Z 15, r Z .15, p Z .59; change score in MOSES depression vs. MMSE: n Z 15, r Z .15, p Z .59, based on Spearman’s rank correlation test).”
Notable quote: “However, beforeand-after comparisons revealed that the scores of the depressive symptoms were significantly reduced in the intervention group.”
As Americans get older, there are ways to protect against cognitive decline
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/jun/17/as-americans-get-older-there-are-ways-to-protect-a/Notable quote: “As the number of older Americans increases, cognitive disorders such Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia threaten to cut an especially cruel path through the Baby Boom generation and their family members. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an estimated that 12 million Americans will suffer from some form of dementia by 2040.”