Objectives : Is this study, the treatment of dementia elderly care in the geriatric hospital admission conducted
by the occupational reminiscence therapy a positive affect on depression, memory and behavioral
problems were investigated.
Methods : This study selected six patients diagnosed with dementia in Andong base hospital in person.
The study design was applied one group pretest post test design. The period of administration
was three times a week ofr 40 minutes per session for four weeks. Depression were evaluated
using the Geriatric Depression Scale Korean Version(GDS-K), Memory and Behavior Problem
were evaluated using the Revised-Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist(R-MBPC) using was
assessed before and after the intervention. The data was analyzed using the statistical program
SPSS version 20.0. Intervention results was Wilcoxon signed rank test and Spearman correlation.
Results : Occupational Reminiscence Therapy after intervention than before intervention was statistically
significant in Depression, memory and behavioral problems of dementia(p< .05).
Conclusion : According to the results of this study, hospitalization in dementia in the elderly Occupational
Reminiscence Therapy program when applied the improvement of Depression, memory and
behavioral problems easing the effect was confirmed.