A 90-year-old patient constantly tells the nurse stories about life many years ago. The nurse encourages this behavior because reminiscence or life review is:
a. a technique that prepares the individual for the end of life.
b. a review of dispelling past experiences as meaningless.
c. helpful although it is unnatural in the older adult.
d. a way for the elderly to realize that conflicts cannot be reconciled.
A
Reminiscence, or life review, is a technique that facilitates the individual's preparation for the end of life. It is an adaptive function of older adults that allows them to recall the past for the purpose of assigning new meaning to past experiences. Reminiscence is the natural way older adults revive their past in an attempt to establish order and meaning and to reconcile conflicts and disappointments as they prepare for death.
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