Alzheimer's Disease Reminiscence Quality of Life
Alzheimer's Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Alzheimer's Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Alzheimer's disease
- Able to communicate
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active major psychiatric disorders
- Acute or unstable chronic medical conditions
- Blindness
- Deafness
Sites / Locations
- Faculty of Psychology
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
No Intervention
reminiscence therapy, story telling
comparison
control
24 bi-weekly sessions of reminiscence therapy, lasting one hour each one, over a period of 12 weeks. Refers to the use of images, sentences or memorabilia which help to focus on specific segments of the life history of an individual, and stimulates the emergence of affect-laden personal recalls, which are later verbalized in the context of guided conversations. The term story life is intended to highlight samples of meaningful events of the subject's life rather than a historically structured biography. Three main variables contributed to successful reminiscing: individuality, evaluation and structure.
control group was administered counseling and informal social contacts in bi-weekly sessions of one hour, but they didn't participate in reminiscence sessions to rule out the possibility that improvement in quality of life was due only to attention received and social stimulation.
control group was administered counseling and informal social contacts in bi-weekly sessions of one hour,