La majorité des personnes atteintes de démence en soins de longue durée (SLD) souffre d’une détérioration de la cognition, des interactions sociales, de la santé mentale et de la qualité de vie (QdV). Par conséquent, les proches aidants et les soignants de cette population peuvent éprouver des difficultés, tel que le stress, en raison de la complexité du syndrome. Il s’avère essentiel de valider des interventions psychosociales adaptées à la population atteinte de démence et à ses aidants. La réminiscence, une intervention psychosociale misant sur les capacités résiduelles des personnes atteintes de démence, se fonde sur la remémoration des souvenirs anciens agréables. L’objectif général du mémoire était de valider la mise en œuvre d’une intervention de réminiscence menée par le personnel soignant auprès des personnes atteintes de démence et leurs familles dans un centre de SLD, en faisant appel aux avis experts des soignants et des familles des personnes atteintes de démence dans le contexte d’entrevues. Une évaluation pré-post intervention a permis de mesurer la santé mentale et la QdV des personnes atteintes de démence avant l’intervention, une semaine après et trois mois après l’intervention. Les résultats indiquent que la réminiscence a été bien appréciée par les soignants, les personnes atteintes de démence et leurs familles, et valident sa mise en œuvre en SLD. Des améliorations significatives (Wilcoxon p < 0,025) à court et à long terme ont été observées au niveau de la santé mentale et la QdV des personnes atteintes de démence. / The majority of older adults with dementia living in long-term care (LTC) suffer from a decline in cognition, social interactions, mental health, and quality of life (QoL). As a result, family members and caregivers of this population tend to undergo difficulties, such as stress, due to the complexity of the syndrome. It is therefore essential to validate psychosocial interventions that are suitable for both individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Reminiscence, which involves retrieval of past and pleasurable memories, is a psychosocial intervention that focuses on the residual faculties of individuals with dementia. The overall objective of the thesis was to validate the implementation of a reminiscence intervention led by caregivers for individuals with dementia and their family members in an LTC setting, by collecting the expert opinions of professional caregivers and family members through interviews. Treatment effectiveness was also examined using a pre-post intervention design to measure mental health and QOL of individuals with dementia at baseline, one week after, and three months after intervention. Results indicate that reminiscence was well appreciated by individuals with dementia, caregivers, and family members and validate its implementation in LTC. Findings also show significant short- and long-term improvements (Wilcoxon p < .025) in residents’ mental health and QoL.

Análise do que entendemos ser a questão central no cinema de Valerio Zurlini, a dimensão do silêncio, e como isto é pontuado através de pausas, elipses e silêncios entre as imagens. Por uma ótica proporcionada pelo filtro estilístico do próprio diretor, dois de seus oito longas-metragens ganham destaque: Dois Destinos e A Primeira Noite de Tranqüilidade. O tom das recordações, a diferenciação do uso da memória e o sentimento que é sempre um sentimento de morte que aparece muito mais como linguagem metafórica, ou corte para uma linguagem suplementar, outra margem a ser seguida regendo as ações dos personagens, que, desta maneira, constituem uma atmosfera existencialista, condizente com a época mas também com a herança cultural e religiosa de Zurlini. Uma proposta, portanto, de inserir a originalidade fílmica deste diretor e a sua relevância no cenário cinematográfico europeu. / This is an analysis of what we understand to be the main issue in Valerio Zurlini\'s cinema, the measure of silence, and how this is pontuacted in the form of pauses, ellipses and silences among the images. Trought the esthetic filter that the director himself provide to us two of his works come forward: Cronaca Familiare (1962) and La Prima Notte di Quiete (1972). The tone of reminiscence, the difference in the use of memory and emotion - that is presented as sense death as a metaphor, or juxtaposed to a supplementary language, yet another line to be pursuit - dictating the characters actions in a existentialist manner, in touch to his time but, also, with Zurlini\'s cultural and religious heritage. A proposal, therefore, to contextualise the original work and the importance of this film director inside the european cinematographic scene.

La majorité des personnes atteintes de démence en soins de longue durée (SLD) souffre d’une détérioration de la cognition, des interactions sociales, de la santé mentale et de la qualité de vie (QdV). Par conséquent, les proches aidants et les soignants de cette population peuvent éprouver des difficultés, tel que le stress, en raison de la complexité du syndrome. Il s’avère essentiel de valider des interventions psychosociales adaptées à la population atteinte de démence et à ses aidants. La réminiscence, une intervention psychosociale misant sur les capacités résiduelles des personnes atteintes de démence, se fonde sur la remémoration des souvenirs anciens agréables. L’objectif général du mémoire était de valider la mise en œuvre d’une intervention de réminiscence menée par le personnel soignant auprès des personnes atteintes de démence et leurs familles dans un centre de SLD, en faisant appel aux avis experts des soignants et des familles des personnes atteintes de démence dans le contexte d’entrevues. Une évaluation pré-post intervention a permis de mesurer la santé mentale et la QdV des personnes atteintes de démence avant l’intervention, une semaine après et trois mois après l’intervention. Les résultats indiquent que la réminiscence a été bien appréciée par les soignants, les personnes atteintes de démence et leurs familles, et valident sa mise en œuvre en SLD. Des améliorations significatives (Wilcoxon p < 0,025) à court et à long terme ont été observées au niveau de la santé mentale et la QdV des personnes atteintes de démence. / The majority of older adults with dementia living in long-term care (LTC) suffer from a decline in cognition, social interactions, mental health, and quality of life (QoL). As a result, family members and caregivers of this population tend to undergo difficulties, such as stress, due to the complexity of the syndrome. It is therefore essential to validate psychosocial interventions that are suitable for both individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Reminiscence, which involves retrieval of past and pleasurable memories, is a psychosocial intervention that focuses on the residual faculties of individuals with dementia. The overall objective of the thesis was to validate the implementation of a reminiscence intervention led by caregivers for individuals with dementia and their family members in an LTC setting, by collecting the expert opinions of professional caregivers and family members through interviews. Treatment effectiveness was also examined using a pre-post intervention design to measure mental health and QOL of individuals with dementia at baseline, one week after, and three months after intervention. Results indicate that reminiscence was well appreciated by individuals with dementia, caregivers, and family members and validate its implementation in LTC. Findings also show significant short- and long-term improvements (Wilcoxon p < .025) in residents’ mental health and QoL.

Análise do que entendemos ser a questão central no cinema de Valerio Zurlini, a dimensão do silêncio, e como isto é pontuado através de pausas, elipses e silêncios entre as imagens. Por uma ótica proporcionada pelo filtro estilístico do próprio diretor, dois de seus oito longas-metragens ganham destaque: Dois Destinos e A Primeira Noite de Tranqüilidade. O tom das recordações, a diferenciação do uso da memória e o sentimento que é sempre um sentimento de morte que aparece muito mais como linguagem metafórica, ou corte para uma linguagem suplementar, outra margem a ser seguida regendo as ações dos personagens, que, desta maneira, constituem uma atmosfera existencialista, condizente com a época mas também com a herança cultural e religiosa de Zurlini. Uma proposta, portanto, de inserir a originalidade fílmica deste diretor e a sua relevância no cenário cinematográfico europeu. / This is an analysis of what we understand to be the main issue in Valerio Zurlini\'s cinema, the measure of silence, and how this is pontuacted in the form of pauses, ellipses and silences among the images. Trought the esthetic filter that the director himself provide to us two of his works come forward: Cronaca Familiare (1962) and La Prima Notte di Quiete (1972). The tone of reminiscence, the difference in the use of memory and emotion - that is presented as sense death as a metaphor, or juxtaposed to a supplementary language, yet another line to be pursuit - dictating the characters actions in a existentialist manner, in touch to his time but, also, with Zurlini\'s cultural and religious heritage. A proposal, therefore, to contextualise the original work and the importance of this film director inside the european cinematographic scene.

Dans la schizophrénie, le déficit d’insight est d’une importance clinique majeure de fait de son lien étroit avec l’observance médicamenteuse et l’alliance thérapeutique. Ce travail propose au moyen de trois études l’exploration du concept d’insight, précisant les mécanismes cognitifs sous-tendus et évaluant les effets de 3 nouvelles prises en charge sur son niveau d’évolution. Nous nous sommes basés pour cela sur trois modèles théoriques, celui de Conway (2005) qui établit des liens étroits entre le self et la mémoire autobiographique, celui de Larøi et al., (2004) suggérant à l’origine du déficit d’insight un trouble de la conscience autonoétique en lien avec la mémoire autobiographique, et enfin, celui de Agnew et Morris (1989) incriminant une palette de troubles cognitifs et métacognitifs dans le déficit d’insight. Nos résultats soulignent le rôle primordial de la mémoire autobiographique dans le déficit d’insight et notamment la qualité des souvenirs sur la période supérieur à >20 ans. De plus les résultats indiquent que, les modèles autobiographique et métacognitif prédisent mieux le déficit d’insight comparés au modèle cognitif de base. Parmi les trois programmes thérapeutiques, le programme RECOS (Vianin, 2007), améliore de manière significative le fonctionnement cognitif. Le programme REMAu (Piolino, 2006), visant la reconstruction des souvenirs autobiographique en lien avec le self, améliore de façon significative la conscience du trouble mental et la qualité du rappel épisodique. Le programme MBCT (Segal, Williams et Teasdale, 2002), visant la prise de conscience du moment présent, améliore de façon significative la capacité à attribuer la symptomatologie à la maladie mentale, l’estime de soi et la théorie de l’esprit. Ces résultats nous amènent à proposer un modèle explicatif et multidimensionnel du déficit d’insight dans la schizophrénie, intégrant les trois modèles étudiés ; cognitif, métacognitif et autobiographique. / The origins of poor insight in schizophrenia are still unclear. We contrasted the changes in clinical insight, basic cognitive processes, autobiographical memory and metacognition in 63 outpatient’s with schizophrenia pseudo-randomly assigned to one of three cognitive remediation groups: one targeting basic cognitive processes (RECOS), a second autobiographical memory (REMAu), and a third metacognitive deficits (MBCT). Three dimensions of insight (awareness of: mental illness, benefit of treatment, psychosocial consequences) improved after treatment, regardless of the group. In addition, the REMAu and MBCT showed an improvement on other dimensions of insight (symptomatic awareness and symptomatic attribution, respectively). Poor insight and its improvement after treatment were best predicted by a combination of basic cognitive, autobiographical and metacognitive measures. This study supports a multidimensional conception of insight and recommends the combination of remediation therapies to improve clinical insight in schizophrenia.

This Master's thesis focuses on the presence and use of remembrance in the context of pastoral care for the elderly within the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. The aim of this thesis is to explore various ways, in what specific situations, reminiscence is present and used in the context of pastoral care as well as to identify specific reminiscence tools that are utilized in the process of pastoral care for the elderly. This thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses on explaining the theoretical bases for this thesis by focusing on two main topics: pastoral care for the elderly and reminiscence work, and outlines ways in which both areas are connected. The second part is focused on qualitative research using semi-structured interviews with pastors. This investigation aims to arrive at an answer to the primary reseach question about the role of reminiscence within pastoral care for the elderly.

The thesis deals with urban study for the central part of the town of Náchod, located in the proximity of the town’s historic core. The relief of the landscape lends distinctiveness to the whole area. This fact was taken into consideration when elaborating the urban concept which orientates the design towards the centre and the castle. The design is formed by three pillars – functions: square – culture, park – relax and housing. As regards the territory in question, Náchod has a great potential. My attempt was to understand it and create an area in the town centre which would have significant unified city-forming character, and which would enhance the core – the centre of the town.

Research into the reminiscence bump aims to improve our understanding of how the memories formed during our adolescence and early adulthood subsequently influence our autobiographical recollections later in life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the temporal dynamics of autobiographical memory in a sample involving two different age groups of adult South African participants. The main objective of the research was to explore the participants’ memories for salient events and to determine whether these memories exhibit the typical reminiscence bump that has been found in autobiographical memory research. This sample consisted of two sets of cohorts, totalling 48 research participants. The first group comprised participants ranging between the ages of 40 and 59 years, and the second group involved participants ranging between the ages of 60 to 79 years. A convergent parallel mixed method approach was adopted in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative data, on the distribution, valence and life domain importance of the reminiscence bump, were collected through the lifeline interview method. The results confirmed that reminiscence bumps are reflected in the memories of both age groups between the ages of 10 and 30 years. Most life events recalled were of positive affect thus confirming the positivity bias in older adults. The family and home life domains were indicated as the most important life domains in the autobiographical memories of both groups. The main conclusion drawn from the study was that there was not a significant difference in the dynamics of the autobiographical memories between the two groups, as reflected in the temporal characteristics of their reminiscence bumps. Future research could further explore the patterns of memories, and researchers could in particular investigate the semantic and affective aspects of these autobiographical memories in more depth. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / This work aims at studying São Francisco River based on the memories of the old vaporzeiros and the oarsmen, that is, people who use to work at steam launches and small barges, respectively. The former is a big boat moved by firewood; the latter is a small one set in motion by human force through the use of oars and barge-poles. Both of them were used to transport people and goods from Pirapora city (in the north of state of the Minas Gerais) to the city of Juazeiro (in the state of Bahia). By focusing on these men memories of the river, this research makes a geographical study of the affective feelings in which the river waters are their life and provide working means. Such geography of affective feelings is unveiled by the life around water travels, home and family nostalgia, meetings, feasts, work, and affectivities which unify these people to the São Francisco river as a place of the lived, of the felt, and of the perceived. Concepts such as place, perception, and memory permeating these workers reminiscences are considered in the light of geography, anthropology, literature, and philosophy authors as well as stories told by the vaporzeiros who cross São Francisco waters in Pirapora. / Este trabalho objetiva estudar o Rio São Francisco com base nas lembranças de pessoas que trabalhavam nos vapores e nas barcas: os antigos vaporzeiros e remeiros. Os vapores são barcos grandes movidos a lenha, e as barcas são embarcações grandes movidas à força dos homens ao usarem remos e varejões instrumentos de trabalho. Essas embarcações transportavam pessoas e mercadorias de Pirapora, no norte de Minas, a Juazeiro, Bahia. Com enfoque nas memórias afetivas que esses homens têm do rio, a pesquisa faz uma geografia dos afetos na qual as águas do rio são a vida e o trabalho. Desvelam essa geografia a vida em torno da viagem nas águas, a saudade de casa e da família, os encontros, as festas, o trabalho e a afetividade que une essa gente ao São Francisco como espaço do vivido, sentido e percebido. Os conceitos de espaço, lugar, percepção e memória que permeiam as lembranças das pessoas serão considerados à luz de autores da geografia, antropologia, literatura, filosofia e das histórias dos vaporzeiros que atravessam as águas do São Francisco em Pirapora. / Mestre em Geografia

My dissertation is focused on usage of psychobiographical model of care during working with seniors. The first part of my dissertation is focused on theories, where I explain things such as old age and its age borders, changes in old age and senior's needs, dementia and its forms. We can also find here informations about senior services, social workers and ethic codex. Besides that, my dissertation contains informations about psychobiographical model and everything that is related to it. Second part of my dissertation is focud on concrete usage of the model in Senior House Háje and Senior House Palata for people with eyes dissorder. Keywords  Senior, age, Psychobiographical model of care, dementia, normality principle, regression phases, activities of daily living, biographies, individual care plans, memories Therapy.