title: Helping the elderly person resolve integrity versus despair.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Peachey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008568:Memory; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept