A Life Review Interview Guide: A Structured Systems Approach to Information Gathering

Anthony, Cybil; Kurtz, James H.

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“…2002). Furthermore, Beechem et al. (1998) discovered that facilitators using a prescribed life review interview guide had requested even more structure, believing it assisted in more effective life review.…”

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“…This issue was borne out of the participant's view that listening to people's life stories could potentially have a negative affect on their own emotional welfare. Whilst this aspect of life review had not been considered prior to the data collection, several writers acknowledge that facilitators must remain aware of the potential negative impact another's life review may have on feelings from their own past (Lashley 1993, Beechem et al. 1998).…”

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“…Clinical experience suggests that many terminally ill patients need to reflect upon their failures and achievements throughout their life. Oleson and Dulaney (1993), Soltys and Coats (1995) and Beechem et al. (1998) support this view, adding that many people may wish to identify negative life events and reintegrate them in order to grieve over their losses.…”

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“…Oleson and Dulaney (1993), Beechem et al. (1998) and Brady (1999) suggest that a variety of different methods for undertaking life review exist.…”

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Exploring community nurses' perceptions of life review in palliative care

Trueman

Parker²

2006

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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A R KE R J ( 2 0 0 6 ) ( 2 0 0 6 ) Journal of Clinical Nursing 15,[197][198][199][200][201][202][203][204][205][206][207] Exploring community nurses' perceptions of life review in palliative care Aims and objectives. This exploratory study aimed to identify community nurses' understanding of life review as a therapeutic intervention for younger people requiring palliative care. The objectives set out to: (i) Describe the participants' understanding of reminiscence and life review (ii) Detail their current ideas regarding a structured approach to using life review in the community setting.(iii) Outline their understanding of the possible advantages and limitations of life review in relation to palliative care. (iv) Identify future training requirements. Background. The literature review illustrated how the eighth developmental stage of Erikson's theory, ego-integrity vs. despair, is a 'crisis' often faced by older people entering the final stage of life. Life review is considered a useful therapeutic intervention in the resolution of this crisis. Younger terminally ill people in the palliative stage of an illness may face the same final crises due to their reduced lifespan. Therefore, this study explored the benefits and limitations of life review as an intervention in palliative care. Method. The study used a purposive sample of community nurses responsible for delivering generic and specialist palliative care. A qualitative method of data collection in the form of three focus group interviews was used. Subsequent data were manually analysed, categorized and coded with associations between the themes identified. Results. The findings suggested that community nurses have limited knowledge pertaining to the use of life review and tend to confuse the intervention with reminiscence. Furthermore, they believed that life review could potentially cause harm to practitioners engaged in listening to another person's life story. However, the participants concur that with appropriate training they would find life review a useful intervention to use in palliative care. Conclusions. The results led to the identification of a number of key recommendations: Community nurses require specific education in the technicalities of life review and additional interpersonal skills training. The need for formalized support through clinical supervision is also recognized and discussed. Finally, suggestions are offered regarding the need to generate wider evidence and how, possibly, to integrate life review into existing palliative care services. Relevance to clinical practice. This study has demonstrated that community nurses are keen to extend the support offered to younger terminally ill people who are inthe palliative stage of their illness. Despite having limited knowledge of life the main components and underpinning theory pertaining to life review participants could appreciate the potential of life review as a therapeutic intervention in palliative care and were keen to learn more about its use and gain the necessary knowledge and ...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Oleson and Dulaney (1993), Beechem et al. (1998) and Brady (1999) suggest that a variety of different methods for undertaking life review exist.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring community nurses' perceptions of life review in palliative care

Trueman

Parker²

2006

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…For descriptive purposes patients' suffering scores were divided into four categories sorted by the intensity level: none (0), mild (1-3), moderate (4)(5)(6), and severe (7)(8)(9)(10).…”

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Ethical Wills and Suffering in Patients with Cancer: A Pilot Study

Gessert¹,

Baines²,

Kuross³

et al. 2004

j palliat med

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Introduction: Suffering at the end of life may be caused by many factors, including pain and other symptoms, concern about family and friends, and loss of control of one's life. Several authors have suggested that loss of meaning is pivotal in suffering. An ethical will (EW) is a statement, usually written, capturing one's values, wisdom, hopes, and advice. EWs have been suggested as a vehicle for finding meaning as the end of life approaches. This pilot study of EWs examined methods for exploring the role of EWs in reducing suffering at the end of life.Methods: Oncology clinic patients 65ϩ years of age in active therapy for cancer were randomly assigned to one of two arms: EW or control. Subjects in both arms had writing assignments, three home visits, and exit interviews. Suffering was measured at baseline and at the time of the exit interview, using a series of Likert-like scales.Results: Twenty-four subjects (10 EW and 14 control) completed the study. Among EW subjects, trends toward reduced suffering were noted in "concern for loved ones," "unfinished business," and "fear of the future." Several methodological issues were identified by this pilot study, including selection of population for studying suffering, placebo effect, and randomization.Conclusions: EW may be valuable in alleviating suffering; a larger study will be needed to examine efficacy. The study of interventions designed to reduce suffering at the end of life requires careful attention to the definition and measurement of suffering, study design, and subject selection.

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Neurology and Neuropsychology

Zgaljardic

Schaefer

2014

Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

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A Life Review Interview Guide: A Structured Systems Approach to Information Gathering

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Exploring community nurses' perceptions of life review in palliative care

Exploring community nurses' perceptions of life review in palliative care

Ethical Wills and Suffering in Patients with Cancer: A Pilot Study

Neurology and Neuropsychology

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