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.

Yes / Although discussion of reminiscence is prevalent in dementia care research, few studies have examined what actually occurs in these interactions, and how they are structured. This study examined how reminiscence activities are structured and negotiated in a care home environment. Informal one-to-one reminiscence interactions between people living with dementia and professional carers were transcribed from a larger video dataset. We used Conversation Analysis to examine reminiscence sequences in a novel relational approach that explored the interactional practices used by carers and people living with dementia. We identified divergences between manualised practice recommendations and observed interactional practices, such as the rarity of open questions, and frequent use of closed questions. This was contrary to current practice recommendations. These and other divergences demonstrate the value of interactional research in informing reminiscence practice and training manuals. By examining how reminiscence operates in practice, our approaches to conducting such activities can be more empirically informed. Our findings can be used to advise and guide those doing reminiscence work in care home settings, and improve the inclusiveness of reminiscence interactions. Through incorporating empirically informed techniques that both carers and people with dementia use in practice, we can facilitate interactions around memories which are supportive of people with dementia's identity. / This research was supported by an ESRC doctoral studentship funded through the Midlands Graduate School DTP [ES/P099711/1] and Loughborough University. The data on which this paper draws were collected as part of a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship [MC110142] awarded to Elizabeth Peel.

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.