Effects of Improv Training on Older Adults in a Long Term Care Facility
| Autor: | Becca Barish, Lee A. Lindquist, Abby Wagner, Anne Seltzer, Ruqayyah Muhammad, Kwang Youn A. Kim, Vanessa Ramirez-Zohfeld, Anna Liggett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Improvisation
Gerontology Isolation (health care) improvisation Brief Report media_common.quotation_subject RC952-954.6 Cognition Creativity Training (civil) 03 medical and health sciences Long-term care long term care facilities 0302 clinical medicine Geriatrics 030212 general & internal medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology isolation older adults 030217 neurology & neurosurgery media_common |
| Zdroj: | Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Vol 7 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2333-7214 |
| Popis: | Adjusting to life in a long term care facility (LTCF) can be challenging for older adults. Improvisation (shortened to improv) is a unique activity that encourages creativity and adaptive cognitive stimulation, through performing short scenes with content suggestions. We sought to assess whether improv training, in the form of a course entitled Humor Doesn’t Retire (HDR), could impact patient-centered outcomes in a LTCF. About 15 adults (mean age 83.6 years) living in a LTCF participated in the 8-week HDR course with pre and 1-month post mixed method surveys assessing validated Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures and qualitative open-ended responses. Participants experienced significant improvements in social isolation and perceived stress ( p |
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