BioPsychoSocial Assessment Tools for the Elderly - Assessment Summary Sheet Test: Life Review and Experiencing Form Year: 1974 Domain: Psychological Assessment Tool Category: Quality of Life Variations/Translations: N/A Setting: Any setting Method of Delivery: Interview/Narrative Description: Provides older adults with an opportunity to come to grips with guilt and regrets and to emerge feeling good about themselves. Can be used with any population able to communicate life events. Has even been successful as an intervention for those with Alzheimer’s or other dementia for the purpose to regain a sense of self. Arrange to meet and interview the person. Obtain a written consent for the interview. Use an interview guide to ask a series of detailed questions about childhood, adolescence, family and home, adulthood, and life summary. Use a system (i.e. numbers) to guide a few notes (do not write verbatim) so that a narrative review can be written using the headings from the interview guide. Include a brief bibliographic paragraph including the age, gender, and any distinguishing characteristics of the individual. Use a pseudonym. Scoring/Interpretation: Depends on the purpose of conducting the life review process. Time to Administer: N/A Availability: N/A Software: N/A Website: http://son.uth.tmc.edu/coa/FDGN_1/RESOURCES/life_review.pdf Quantitative/Qualitative: Qualitative Validity (Quantitative): N/A Reliability (Quantitative): N/A References: Butler, R. N. (1963). The life review: an interpretation of reminiscence in the aged. Psychiatry, 26, 65-76. Comments: N/A