@article{ref1,
title="Life review: preventing despair in newly relocated nursing home residents short- and long-term effects",
journal="International journal of aging and human development",
year="1998",
author="Haight, B. K. and Michel, Y. and Hendrix, S.",
volume="47",
number="2",
pages="119-142",
abstract="Relocation to a nursing home places frail elders at risk for developing depression and suicide ideation. This study followed two hundred and fifty-six newly relocated nursing home residents for five years. Using a Solomon Four research design, participants were divided into four groups, two control and two experimental, one each with pretesting and all with posttesting. Participants in the control groups received a friendly visit and those in the experimental groups received the intervention of life review. Immediate short-term results showed the life review to be an effective preventive intervention for clinical depression (p =.05). Additionally, when looking at long-term effects at one year, there were significant decrease in depression (p =.05), hopelessness (p =.01), and psychological well-being (p =.02) with measurable increases in life satisfaction (p =.08). These findings support the hypothesis that life review prevents despair in frail elders newly admitted to a nursing home.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-4150",
doi="10.2190/A011-BRXD-HAFV-5NJ6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/A011-BRXD-HAFV-5NJ6"
}