Annotation The theoretical part entitled ``Cyril Bouda and Today{\crqq} first deals with the theme of the practical part called Baron Prasil. The chapter selection is closely related to the practical outcome of my work. It strives to reach harmony between my work and illustrations from the book by Cyril Bouda. Further on, it characterizes Cyril Bouda{\crq}s work compared to the present time. The expressive formulation of his thoughts gives a unique opportunity to transfer his illustrations into a new dimension. The impression or expression appears in every part of the whole Baron Prasil story cycle. By selecting Cyril Bouda{\crq}s illustrations I do present my view on the world today and the contemporary style of life. Enclosed you can find a unique cycle of 10 paintings called ``Baron Prasil Storyteller and his tale{\crqq} and an illustrative sketch.

Diploma thesis "Utilization of reminiscence in terms of clients' activation in home for the elderly" deals with remembering and its use for working in homes for the elderly. It defines reminiscence, group reminiscence in particular, describing its benefits and possibilities for application. Object of this work is to present reminiscence from the view of reminiscence assistant, record development of reminiscence group and outline some practical recommendation for the work. Theoretical part is devoted to the problems of old age, aging, description of homes for elderly and associated topics. It is focused on reminiscence, defining its theoretical basis and critical founds. It also deals with group reminiscence and the basic principles of its application. Practical part is focused on the activity of a concrete reminiscence group describing its development and details of individual reminiscence meetings including arisen situations. Based on practical example it provides data concerning progress of the reminiscence group and its functioning from the view of a reminiscence assistant. In the conclusion concise practical recommendation for working with reminiscence group are presented.

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This descriptive ethno-theatre case study explored the impact of intergenerational engagement through a reminiscence theatre arts initiative on the psychosocial quality of life for older adults with mild to moderate cognitive decline. Study participants were comprised of 11 adults 65 years and older residing in a dementia-specific residential care facility unit, and 13 University of Victoria Theatre students. Both qualitative and quantitative procedures were integrated into the case study. Qualitative processes consisted of older adult life history interview transcriptions, ethno-theatre field notes of theatre devising and performance processes, and post-program drama evaluations. Quantitative measures included pre- and post-administered instruments: CASP-19; Alzheimer’s Disease-related Quality of Life (ADRQL) – Revised; and older adult health perception surveys. Overall, it appears from the data that active engagement in reminiscence theatre (the process of creating and performing theatre from real life memories and stories) results in a positive impact on older adults’ well-being – increased self-esteem, elevated mood and social engagement, decreased isolation and boredom, and desire to continue with activities. This study’s findings suggest that the integration of reminiscence arts initiatives into residential care plans for older adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment can substantially enhance psychosocial quality of life. These findings are consistent with reminiscence and life review theory in that intergenerational engagement in these processes promotes healthy aging. This study demonstrated that intergenerational connection between young and older adults through drama and storytelling activities occurred. The creative reciprocal initiatives of reminiscence arts in turn fostered a context for social and emotional engagement that appeared to reduce older adults’ isolation. / Graduate

The aim of this diploma thesis is to implement a presentation layer for the Reminiscence Computer Therapy application. Reminiscence Therapy involves the discussion of the past memories and it is believed to help people with dementia to improve their well-being and sustain their memories. Computer Reminiscence Therapy involves technology in this therapy. The research introduces into Dementia and Reminiscence Therapy with and without using technologies. The application developed as part of this diploma thesis uses picture upload and speech recognition techniques for the memory input. This is used to support remembering of past memories and to increase discussion. The application can be used with or without the carer as well as with friends and family members. The six most important requirements on the developed application are the speech recognition, picture upload, asking questions about the previous recordings, asking questions about tagged friends, using old stories for discussion and presenting the statistics. The application was developed as a part of the competition made by AngelHack organization. Presentation, business and persistence layers of the application are discussed in this diploma thesis as well as user manual and persistence layer implementation of the requirements. The presentation layer was developed using React framework for JavaScript. Other libraries have to be used as well with the most important being Redux library for storing application state. This library affected the structure of the persistence layer.

A pesquisa envolve questões da linguagem pictórica, como cor, forma, planos de representação, transparência e opacidade, espaço e superfície material, relacionando-as com o indivíduo e a cidade, através da reminiscência dos deslocamentos vivenciados cotidianamente na cidade de São Paulo. Tais questões surgiram a partir da pesquisa teórica e do fazer artístico, utilizando procedimentos de pintura, litografia e instalação com o uso de materiais como a tinta a óleo, placas de pisos do tipo paviflex e decorflex, chapas de MDF1, telas, fita adesiva e papéis, entre outros. Resulta na produção e apresentação de um conjunto de obras e do desenvolvimento do presente texto de maneira a explicitar os processos teóricos e práticos utilizados durante a pesquisa, sendo acompanhado de reproduções fotográficas de parte das obras referidas nesta dissertação. / This research deals with issues of pictorial language, such as color, form, planes of representation, transparency and opacity, space and material surface, and relates those with the individual and the city through reminiscence of everyday displacements in the city of Sao Paulo. Such issues arose from a theoretical research and by artistic practice, with the use of painting, lithography, and installation procedures where materials such as oil paints, paviflex and decorflex flexible pavement tiles, MDF2 plates, screens, adhesive tape and paper, among others, were employed. The result is the production and presentation of a set of works, and the development of this text that explains the theoretical and practical processes applied during the research. It is accompanied by photographs of part of the works referred to in this dissertation.

People with dementia face considerable challenges to preserving identity. It has frequently been observed that group reminiscence work helps sufferers re-establish their past identities as well as position themselves as members of a group in the present. To date, little research has attempted to put these claims directly to empirical test. Drawing on social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) this study explores the impact of a group reminiscence intervention in a sample of 58 cognitively impaired older adults living in residential care. Measures of identity, well-being and cognition were taken before and after participants took part in six weekly sessions of either group reminiscence or a group control activity. A Pretest-Posttest Control design was employed to explore the difference in average change between treatment conditions. The main findings showed no difference in average change between the two groups on measures of identity and well-being. However, the reminiscence group showed a greater overall improvement in memory than the control group. The theoretical implications and future directions for working clinically with cognitively impaired populations are considered.

A pesquisa envolve questões da linguagem pictórica, como cor, forma, planos de representação, transparência e opacidade, espaço e superfície material, relacionando-as com o indivíduo e a cidade, através da reminiscência dos deslocamentos vivenciados cotidianamente na cidade de São Paulo. Tais questões surgiram a partir da pesquisa teórica e do fazer artístico, utilizando procedimentos de pintura, litografia e instalação com o uso de materiais como a tinta a óleo, placas de pisos do tipo paviflex e decorflex, chapas de MDF1, telas, fita adesiva e papéis, entre outros. Resulta na produção e apresentação de um conjunto de obras e do desenvolvimento do presente texto de maneira a explicitar os processos teóricos e práticos utilizados durante a pesquisa, sendo acompanhado de reproduções fotográficas de parte das obras referidas nesta dissertação. / This research deals with issues of pictorial language, such as color, form, planes of representation, transparency and opacity, space and material surface, and relates those with the individual and the city through reminiscence of everyday displacements in the city of Sao Paulo. Such issues arose from a theoretical research and by artistic practice, with the use of painting, lithography, and installation procedures where materials such as oil paints, paviflex and decorflex flexible pavement tiles, MDF2 plates, screens, adhesive tape and paper, among others, were employed. The result is the production and presentation of a set of works, and the development of this text that explains the theoretical and practical processes applied during the research. It is accompanied by photographs of part of the works referred to in this dissertation.

Jeté dans un univers qui semble sans ordre ni cohérence, dans le récit de filiation le destin du narrateur semble tragiquement insignifiant. Entre paroles empêchées et paroles tues, le passé peine à se reconstruire et la vie se transforme en une épreuve douloureuse sous l'emprise d'un héritage indéchiffrable et lourd à porter. Les récits de Gwenaëlle Aubry, Michel Del Castillo, Pierre Bergounioux et Pierre Michon soulèvent la même interrogation existentielle concernant l'héritage et la liberté. De ces expériences, nous ne relevons pas que des similitudes car, dans ses limites ainsi que dans son aspiration à la liberté, l'homme peut se nuancer différemment. L'analyse que nous avons menée des diverses formes de réminiscences ainsi que des différents moyens mobilisés pour la quête du sens nous montre que la définition de l'homme ne dépend pas seulement des accidents de l'histoire individuelle ou collective. Elle est tributaire de cette force de raison et de liberté. Nous avons proposé une analyse qui présente une approche différente de ce qui se fait couramment pour les récits de filiation, une analyse qui se libère de la lecture limitée qui ne prend en compte que les déterminismes familiaux, sociologiques, politiques et historiques. Notre travail permet de prendre conscience du témoignage à la fois raisonné et passionné qu'est le récit de filiation. Au-delà de leurs différences, les histoires personnelles que nous avons étudiées se rejoignent dans la lutte qui substitue à l'angoisse première un optimisme qui justifie l'être et l'action. / Thrown into a world that seems without order or coherence, in the story parentage fate of the narrator seems tragically insignificant. Prevented between words and words kill, past struggles to rebuild and life becomes a painful ordeal in the grip of an indecipherable and legacy to wear. The stories of Gwenaëlle Aubry, Michel Del Castillo, Pierre Bergounioux and Pierre Michon raise the same existential question about the heritage and freedom. From these experiences, we do not note that because of the similarities in its limits and in its aspiration to freedom, man can qualify differently. The analysis we have conducted various forms of reminiscences and different resources mobilized for the search for meaning shows that the definition of man depends not only on accidents of individual or collective history. It depends on the force of reason and freedom. We have proposed an analysis that presents a different approach to what is commonly done for parentage stories, an analysis that is released from the limited reading that takes into account family determinism, sociological, political and historical. Our work raises awareness of testimony both reasoned and passionate about what parentage story. Beyond their differences, the personal stories we studied are joined in the struggle that replaces the first anguish optimism that justifies the being and action.