ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Improvement of the Quality of Life in Aging by Stimulating Autobiographical Memory.
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- Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Cognitive Stimulation and Reminiscence Therapy for Dementia in Care Homes: Systematic Review.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of reminiscence therapy in improving cognitive decline: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Mapping the relationships among sleep, motor balance, and cognition in older adults: a systematic scoping review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Cross-cultural effects of reminiscence therapy on life satisfaction and autobiographical memory of older adults: a pilot study across Mexico and Spain.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2023Trial
- Measures used to evaluate psychosocial interventions in dementia care: A narrative review and synthesis.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Review
- Cognitive therapies and their impact on neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment or dementia: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Machine learning analyses identify multi-modal frailty factors that selectively discriminate four cohorts in the Alzheimer's disease spectrum: a COMPASS-ND study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Effectiveness on Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Life Review and Reminiscence Therapy across Settings.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Individual Reminiscence Therapy on Cognition, Mood and Quality of Life in Azorean Older Adults with Neurocognitive Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
With notable increases in older adult populations, as well as with the associated cognitive impairments that can accompany aging, there is significant importance in identifying strategies to promote cognitive health. The current study explored the implementation of a positive reminiscence program (REMPOS), a non-pharmacological cognitive therapy that has been previously structured, defined, and tested in a Spanish sample. We sought to improve the quality of life of institutionalized older adults with healthy aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease by utilizing this protocol in these samples. A randomized design with a pre-post measure was conducted over a three-month period. Two types of interventions were used: the experimental groups received REMPOS, and the control groups underwent their regular daily institutional programming with cognitive stimulation techniques. After the intervention, the three experimental groups showed higher cognitive functioning, decreased depressive symptomatology (except for the MCI group) and higher evocation of specific positive memories (except for the MCI group). This study supports the effectiveness of REMPOS and reminiscence therapy, with regard to both cognitive and mood factors in cognitively impaired older adults.
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