치매노인을 위한 회상 프로그램의 구안

A study of Reminiscence Intervention for the older persons with dementia

  Reminiscence program is a therapeutic program that has effect not only on the body of the elderly suffering from dementia but also on the emotion, memory and linguistic expression of the older persons with dementia who exhibit difficulties with speaking and emotional faculty as well. Therefore, reminiscence program is a method to restore psychological stability for the elderly having dementia, and at the same time it makes the aged with dementia express themselves correctly by helping them to recollect their past life memories. Specifically, it is a meaningful approach in the aspect of communication. The reminiscence program worked out in this study comprises varied subject including 15 kinds of themes with careful consideration of attentions and interests of the aged with dementia, and the program consists largely of 3 phases ranging from infancy period to senile period focusing on the past affairs and activities, which the aged having dementia generally show their greater interests. The introduction phase is composed of those factors that will help the elderly with dementia to concentrate on their thinking and to become more attentive, also to promote close association with such elderly. And at the reminiscence phase, those order persons with dementia will recollect their past life memory in the sequence of infancy period, childhood period, and youth/middle-ages period according to each theme. Lastly, the retrospection phase is a stage to think of current situation in the face of this senile period, and those affairs that would happen in forthcoming years, also it is the phase to put it all together in orderly fashion. It can be said that the process of reminiscence is a stage in which an active approach will be required, especially for those elderly with dementia who experience difficulties due to loss of recent memories rather than older memories. The purpose of this study was to come up with a reminiscence program that will bring a positive effect not only to the emotional side but to language and communication aspect also, which are essential in everyday life, for those aged with dementia who suffer from lost of active role and psychological maladjustment under the age of high-aged population. It is expected that results of this research work will bring an emotional stability along with positive changes in improving self-expression and social interaction to the elderly with dementia.