A study to assess the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on level of depression among elderly people at selected old age home ,karaikal.

Abstract

Depression is a most common problem among older adults, but it is NOT a normal part of aging. Geriatric depression is a mental and emotional disorder affecting older adults. Feelings of sadness and occasional “blue” moods are normal. Depression in older adults can reduce quality of life, and it increases risk of suicide. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on level of depression among elderly people in a selected old age home. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was a Pre experimental Research Design.60 elderly people selected by purposive sampling technique. The tool used for data collection was demographic variables and GDS (Long form). RESULTS: The study revealed that during pre-test among 60 elderly people, 11(18%) elderly were normal 25 (42%) elderly were mild depression, and 24(40%) elderly were severe depressed. After reminiscence therapy 51(85%) were normal and 09(15%) were mild depressed. This shows that after reminiscence therapy depression level has decreased. Over all mean difference 12.80 and’t”value 18.831 .The study concluded reminiscence therapy was effective to decrease the depressive level among elderly people.