Affiliation:
1. Supervising Community Health Nurse Ideal Senior Living Center Long Term Home Health Care Department Endicott, New York
Abstract
This article presents a review of both theoretical and empirical literature regarding the use of remi niscence therapy as a health-promoting strategy. A conceptual framework is then developed that describes the phenomenon that recollection is an expansion of consciousness. The article con cludes with a discussion of how individual reminiscence therapy can be used in the home care setting to promote health in the elderly. Key words: remiraiscence, self-awareness, expansion of consciousness, health promotion, life review
Subject
General Medicine,General Chemistry