Secondary Prevention {Ans: early identification and treatment}Remotivation/Reminiscence Therapy {Ans: Validation therapy advocates that, rather than trying to bring the person with dementia back to our reality, it is more positive to enter their reality. o Once the person has experienced severe short-term memory loss and can no longer make sense of the present, they are likely to go back to the past to resolve unfinished conflicts, relive past experiences or to retreat from the present. o Acknowledge and empathize with with the feelings behind the behavior. Reminiscence therapy and life review are useful interventions for elders who are experiencing self-esteem disturbance, grief, hopelessness, powerlessness, altered role performance, and social isolation. o Reminiscence uses the recall of past events, feelings, and thoughts to facilitate pleasure, quality of life, adaptation to present circumstances, or distraction. o Life review is a structured process involving the recall of past events in one's life in an effort to find meaning in those events. The process systematically reviews remote memories and addresses the expression of related feelings and the recognition of conflicts. A life review is a chance to reexamine one's life, solve old problems, make amends, and restore harmony. Quite useful in the