In search of the best evidence for life review therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in older adults: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Westerhof, Gerben Johan; Slatman, Syl

doi:10.1111/cpsp.12301

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“…In this way, life-review enhances the individual's sense of integrity and acceptance of life [60,61,63]. Interventions that focus on life-review were found to effect older adults' psychological well-being and mental health [58,[64][65][66]. Playback theatre as a process that focuses on the exploration of life stories can provide a creative atmosphere in which to implement the life-review principles through a "dramatic reality" [67].…”

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Playback theatre in adult day centers: A creative group intervention for community-dwelling older adults

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The literature indicates that theatre and drama-based interventions have the potential to improve older adults' well-being and health. The goal of the current study was to characterize the process of a creative group intervention in adult day centers (ADCs), which integrates playback theatre and life-review principles. Our objective was to provide an evidence-informed framework for drama therapy interventions, which would allow older adults to bring up and explore their life-stories in a dramatic creative process in their own community. A total of 27 participants ranging in age from 63 to 91, took part in one of three playback theatre groups. The playback theatre group intervention comprised 12 weekly sessions. All sessions were videotaped to capture the lived experience of the creative process and were analyzed in post-intervention interviews. In addition, focus group meetings were conducted with 13 ADC staff members to decipher further the effects of the participation as perceived by people outside the groups. Three types of potential transformation were identified in the qualitative analysis: the evolution of life stories, evolution of playfulness, and expansion of social engagement. The results indicate the potential of the integrative framework to serve as a creative intervention in ADC communities, as well as its potential to bring about a personal transformation and expand it to enable a person's social engagement in the community. The findings imply the potential benefits of using playback theatre groups to supplement the routine care provided in ADCs.

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Playback theatre in adult day centers: A creative group intervention for community-dwelling older adults

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“…Life review and reminiscence facilitate problem solving and cognitive reappraisal of threats to self or resources, reflected in “big stories” of life events and disruptions. 43 In contrast, nostalgia is experienced as autonoetic remembering, a positive self-referential reliving of the past. 44 Rather than attempting to create a single and coherent life story, nostalgic remembering is linked to a specific person, place, or time with a positive association.…”

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Development of a Nostalgic Remembering Intervention

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Background Dyads receiving palliative care for advanced heart failure are at risk for the loss of feeling safe, experienced as a fractured sense of coherence, discontinuity in sense of self and relationships, and strained social connections and altered roles. However, few theory-based interventions have addressed feeling safe in this vulnerable population. Purpose The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the Nostalgic Remembering Intervention to strengthen feeling safe and promote adaptive physiological and psychological regulation in dyads receiving palliative care for heart failure. Conclusions Systematic intervention development is essential to understand what, for whom, why, and how an intervention works in producing outcomes. Program theory provided a systematic approach to the development of the Nostalgic Remembering Intervention, including conceptualization of the problem targeted by the intervention, specification of critical inputs and conditions that operationalize the intervention, and understanding the mediating processes leading to expected outcomes. Clinical Implications Creating a foundation for cardiovascular nursing research and practice requires continued, systematic development of theory-based interventions to best meet the needs of dyads receiving palliative care for heart failure. The development of the Nostalgic Remembering Intervention to strengthen feeling safe in dyads provides a novel and relevant approach.

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“…Life review encourages the formulation of an integrative view of one’s life story by including life events from different periods in the life span and positive memories and achievements, alongside the acceptance of failures and harsh life events ( Kenyon et al, 2010 ; Westerhof and Bohlmeijer, 2014 ). Therapeutic interventions based on life-review were found to be effective in improving mental health while aging ( Korte et al, 2012 ; Zhang et al, 2015 ; Westerhof and Slatman, 2019 ). By creating a harmonious view of the past, present, and future, life achievements alongside failures and disappointments, the therapeutic work helps individuals to accept their life as a whole and enhance meaning in life, self-acceptance, positive identity and mental health ( McAdams, 1993 , 2001 ).…”

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Expanding the Role Repertoire While Aging: A Drama Therapy Model

Keisari

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Drama therapy has been found to improve various facets of mental health while aging. It provides opportunities for personal growth and creative expression and enhances group relationships. Drama therapy is a widely acknowledged way to explore the life stories in late life. However, only a handful of studies have empirically explored the value of drama therapy for the aging population. This conceptual analysis was designed to address this need by developing a new integrative model of drama therapy. The analysis is based on the review of the results of four studies that explored the integration of life-review and playback theater as a drama therapy approach for older adults. The therapeutic process focused on the exploration of life-crossroads stories, a short unique technique which enables the participants to craft a harmonious view of their life stories in a short-term dramatic creative group process. Combining the four results yielded a multidimensional model which points to three potential transformative routes: the evolution of the life story, the evolution of improvised dramatic expression, and the expansion of social engagement. The transformative routes are described through the lens of role theory in drama therapy.

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In search of the best evidence for life review therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in older adults: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Cited by 42 publications

References 45 publications

Playback theatre in adult day centers: A creative group intervention for community-dwelling older adults

Playback theatre in adult day centers: A creative group intervention for community-dwelling older adults

Development of a Nostalgic Remembering Intervention

Expanding the Role Repertoire While Aging: A Drama Therapy Model

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