Telling and listening to stories: creating a wisdom environment for older people
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The effectiveness and usefulness of life stories in the context of interventions in gerontology is highlighted. The wisdom, which discovers personal meaning in life and accessible within the story, is very useful to create a wisdom environment for older people.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2003
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Eloise's tale: vital involvement, occupation, and story
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The elders enact the stories through the powerful means of occupation. Elders can identify the constellation of existing personal occupations, which comes to life as their story, using the techniques of occupational storytelling.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2003
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What is a good story?
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The main features of a good story include fictional, disinformation and deliberately deceptive properties. A story is different from narratives, because narratives are integral feature of experience.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2003
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