Ya-Hsin Lin

Ya-Hsin Lin graduated from Tainan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan. Currently, Ya-Hsin Lin is a postgraduate in Department of Business Administration at Tunghai University. Also is a member of Center for Healing Environment Administration and Research (HEAR), Tunghai University.

Population ageing is a global trend facing by Taiwan and most developed countries, but now also facing by developing countries. As more people are living longer, dementia is becoming more common in the population as a whole, but it is not a normal part of aging. According to Alzheimer's Disease International’s World Alzheimer’s Report 2018, 50 million people worldwide are living with dementia in 2018 and it will more than triple to 152 million by 2050. There are medicines and other treatments that can help with dementia symptoms. Psychological therapy is the one of non-pharmacological treatments in dementia. Psychological therapy includes reminiscence therapy. Reminiscence therapy is defined by the American Psychological Association (APA) as “the use of life stories- written, oral, or both- to improve psychological well-being. The therapy is often used with older people.” Reminiscence therapy can improve quality of life, cognition, communication, and possibly mood in demented people.

Ya-Hsin Lin’s research focuses on reminiscence therapy which used to treat dementia. The aim is to review the impact of reminiscence therapy for people with dementia. The research articles involved reminiscence therapy and demented people. All articles published in English language between 2012 and 2019. This review will help people more realize the effect of reminiscence therapy in the past 7 years. Therefore, researcher can make their research on reminiscence therapy better.