The Extended Effects of the Life Review in Nursing Home Residents

This analysis followed 52 of 256 subjects who lived for at least three years in a nursing home, who took part in four repeated testings to determine the lasting effects of a life review at two & three years. Measures of integrity & despair were used as pretest, posttest, & retest. Results showed a trend toward continued, & by year three significant, improvement over time in those who received the life review on measures of depression, life satisfaction, & self-esteem. (45 refs)