2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Effectiveness for elderly care staff who had conducted Group Reminiscence

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20791800
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Saitama Medical University
Principal Investigator	UCHINO Seiko Saitama Medical University, 保健医療学部・看護学科, 講師 (00348096)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	老年看護学
Research Abstract	We conducted semi-structured interviews of people who have performed group reminiscence therapy. As an effect of the therapy on elderly care, we learnt that it influenced the respondents' attitudes to elderly people not only during therapy but also in daily life. We also discovered that, as the respondents gained a deeper understanding of reminiscence therapy through practice, their skill to perform it improved along with their realization of the difficulty to perform it effectively.

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