title: Guided imagery: a tool to guide the way for the nursing home patient.
abstract: Nursing-home patients often ask "Why me? Why am I still here?" They often feel helpless and abandoned. A guided-visualization intervention called "The Waiting Room" was used for 35 patients who expressed these feelings. This visualization could be a tool in helping nursing-home patients find peace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, USA.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crow
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing*