Speaking of Science returned with a presentation by clinical psychologist and gerontologist Tom Meuser, exploring research and clinical findings about the power of reminiscence and life review activities for promoting health, wellness, and personal integration in aging. Dr. Meuser spoke from his diverse experiences in teaching students how to conduct integrative narrative interviews and his own work in this area, and ran a short applied activity involving the use of sentence stems to highlight benefits and ways to incorporate personal reminiscences into home and community life.

In his talk, Tom mentions a few documents and resources, which are available to view and download here.

Tom also references a TEDx talk he gave in 2017, which you can view here:

About Tom Meuser

Thomas Meuser, Ph.D. directs the University of New England Center for Excellence in Aging and Health, a “center without walls” which promotes applied scholarship, service-learning, and intergenerational engagement around healthful aging.