Sharing Your Legacy: A Reminiscence Therapy Strategy

This worksheet is designed for older adults to help them formally reflect on their lives.  There is evidence that writing or reminiscing about family history improves self-esteem, enhances feelings of control and mastery over life, and can result in an expanded vision of one’s life. It can also help improve cognition and reduce depressive symptoms.  The worksheet gives a step-by-step method for seniors and their families to develop a life story and includes recommendations for apps that can help with this task. (0722, seniors, older adults geriatric)

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