TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Life review: preventing despair in newly relocated nursing home residents short- and long-term effects
JO  - International journal of aging and human development
A1  - Haight, B. K.
A1  - Michel, Y.
A1  - Hendrix, S.
SP  - 119
EP  - 142
VL  - 47
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-4150
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/A011-BRXD-HAFV-5NJ6
ID  - ref1
ER  -