Life story work
has potential to help dementia patients: Study
Life story work, which
involves helping people to record past incidents and present lives, has the
potential to help people with dementia, a study has found. Read: Old women who take calcium supplements at the risk of suffering from
dementia.
Life story work involves helping people to record aspects often in a book
or folder or, increasingly, in music, film and multi-media formats. Researchers
in the study, published in the journal Health Services and Delivery Research
compiled evidence on life story work in dementia care through a literature
review, in addition to listening first-hand to views of people with dementia,
family carers, and professionals through a series of focus groups. Conducting a
survey of family carers and dementia service providers, along with an analysis
of life story work in care homes and hospital wards, researchers tested the
feasibility of doing a full-scale evaluation of life story work. Read:Often forget things? Could be a sign of dementia.
‘People with dementia and their family carers have played a pivotal role
in identifying key features of good practice in life story work. This includes
not assuming that a person wants to do life story work, and respecting the
person’s wishes about what goes into their life story and who will see it,’
said Kate Gridley, Researcher at the University of York.
The study identified some improvements in staff attitudes towards people
with dementia in care homes where they introduced life story work and
improvements in quality of life for some of the people with dementia, although
the numbers were small. The study concluded that life story work has the
potential to help people with dementia. Read: Prevent
anxiety and stress to protect yourself from dementia.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
06.09.2016
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