Life Review Paper

I chose to interview Hayward Thues for this paper. Hayward is an African American male and he is my paternal grandfather. Hayward was born in Ringgold, Louisiana in 1930 and is currently 86 years old. He relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, along with his mother and siblings when he was an adolescent. Hayward’s father died when he was very young, so he does not have any memories of him. Hayward currently lives with his wife, my paternal grandmother, and they have been married for 65 years. One of my oldest uncles also lives with my grandparents, as well as a few cousins. My grandparents typically have one or more family members residing with them at any given time; they have never lived in their home alone. My grandfather utilizes

Butler, R. N. (1963). The life review: An interpretation of reminiscence in the aged. Psychiatry, 26(1), 65-76.

A different viewpoint of death and dying is seen in adulthood as the reality of their own

My current life roll is to go to school and get good grades. I take honors and higher classes so it’s important for me to take care of my grades. Most of the time I have soccer after school if we plan to practice that day. Also I am going to be doing clubs like student ambassador and drama so that will keep me busy. When I get home after practice or any clubs I do my homework and study for any test or quizzes I have the next day. Also I help my mom with dinner and do any chores if she wants me to. Another thing is I help out with my little brother as much as I can for my mom. I try to do most things independently for myself at home like cooking food, mostly breakfast and making my lunch. In my leisure time I like to hangout with my friends

For the oral history project, I interviewed my grandmother. Her full name is Imelda Laborce, while she is known as “Meldy” to most family members. She was born in a small town called Calapacuan in the Zambales region of the Philippines. She was born in 1955 and is 61 years old. Like me, she was born in the Philippines but eventually moved to America sometime in her life. I believed she was a good candidate because I knew she was one of the earliest members of my family to travel to America. Hence, she must have good stories and have a rich background. I also never really knew anything about her past, so I just thought it would be interesting in general to learn about it. She currently lives in Union, New Jersey and works in a hospital as a nurse.

Butler (2009) summarized; the purpose of a life review is usually to encourage feelings of peace in an older adult’s life. The end result of a purposeful life review often concludes in a sense of connectedness with the healthcare provider. A life review paper is usually done during the palliative phase of an older adult’s life. The subject of a life review paper definitely does not have to be a palliative patient. In fact, many older adults can benefit in just about any developmental phase, described by Butler as varying phases of health and illness. (p. 21) The objective of this paper is to help the subject feel a greater sense of connectedness; as established by Butler (2009), and empower

If an older person completes the life review process with personal satisfaction and closure, then that person can face death without fear, live with no regrets, and has obtained wisdom. Obtaining wisdom is the ultimate goal of life review. Resolution of past conflicts is one of the primary objectives of the life review. The life review involves realizing any conflicts that are still existent in a person’s life and making efforts to resolve them. Through reminiscing, the older adult may be reminded of unresolved conflict and feel an urge to contact that person to offer a resolution. Another goal of the life review is atonement for past actions or inactions. The life review requires looking at both actions and inactions, and how those may have affected others. The adult may want to offer reparations for negative actions as well as the absence of actions that they wished they had performed. The third goal of life review is that the older adult reconciles with family or friends that they are estranged from; this may include phone calls, visits, or even letters asking how the other person is doing. Healing relationships that may have been broken for years offer the older adult an opportunity to live without regret. Finally obtaining wisdom through life review provides the older

XV is a 47 year-old divorced Caucasian female. Born on Oct 6, 1968 in San Diego, California and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia. Her ethnic origin is American. XV is employed full time for the Arlington County government. She is insured for medical, dental, and eye care through her employer. XV is catholic who states belief in alternative therapies. Source of information was obtained from the patient who seems to be reliable, alert, oriented, and recall of information intact.

Life review therapy is often utilized in geriatric social work practice. Life review can consist of more than merely recalling past events. Life review can encompass restructuring

Life review is classified as a psychoanalytical based intervention which critically analyzes one’s life history and attempts to aid the individual to ego integrity. Life review is most commonly used as a therapeutic tool to help the elderly reach a level of acceptance and sense of fulfillment when facing the end of life. As a therapeutic tool life review can provide a sense of security that one’s life was a success while allowing them to analyze it in new ways. According to Black and Height, “ Life is made up of a mass of tangled threads without patterns. Life review is like the weaver that helps to form the patterns and finally make the threads into a beautiful tapestry”(Man,pg 2).

The interview was conducted with a married female, 59 ½ years of age. The purpose was to document the subject’s lifespan history with recollections of significant events in her development. The focus was to identify any dystonic outcomes during any of the stages of Erikson’s personal developmental theory, theory of the mind, Levinson theory, attachment theory and Identity theory. It is anticipated that the questions could quarantine specific areas and incidents that may have obstructed any of the developmental theories thereby influencing the subject’s later view of adolescent, young adult and middle age. The focus for the paper is inspired by Erickson’s emphasis on the identity crisis as the “psychosocial

One factor that I would like to change from the Life simple check list is my weight. I know that it is important for me to lose weight, not just for looks, but also to prevent many health issues such as; diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, etc. I do not want to have any health issues down the road because of my weight I know that I can prevent it by simply eating healthier and exercising. This would not only help out with my overall health issues, but also raise my self-esteem and evaluate my mood. That is why it is so important for me to lose this weight for a lot of great reasons.

In August of 2017, the author started the RN to MSN program at South University specializing in adult-gerontology. The author is currently in her second masters class and is looking forward to the future as an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner.

If my life was good as it could be, then I would have everything I have ever wanted. I would have a kitchen full of sour gummy worms, hot chips, and all types of soda. I would have the biggest, most comfortable bed in the world so I could sleep good, because I'm all about my sleep. Also, I would have my dream car, even though I can't drive. Last but not least, I would have an unlimited amount of money that I could spend. I would do a lot of things, such as travel the world. I would go to Paris, Los Angeles, Brazil, and many more places. Also, I would go to all the amusement parks in the United States and ride all of the rides and eat funnel cake while I was there. I would go into space, and try to see all of the planets and Pluto and look at the stars up close. Additionally, I would like to be able to sleep in bed all day whenever I want. Lastly, I would go and visit the White House and go and look around at all the exhibits in the Smithsonian. If life was as good as it can

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