Helping the elderly person resolve integrity versus despair.
The author describes ways in which the nurse can help the elderly person master the developmental stage of integrity versus despair through the use of a life-review process. The author asserts that using the life-review process highlights the elderly person's assets rather than deficits.
Peachey
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D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008568:Memory; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept