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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.12.205

An experience in the laughter therapy by elderly of senior citizen's center  

Park, Hyun-Ju (Department of Nursing, Uiduk University)
An, Hyo-Ja (Department of Nursing, Dongshin University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.12, 2016 , pp. 205-217 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study was to understand the fundamental aspects of the laughter therapy using the Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method. Participants of this study included twelve elderly people-four men and eight women-who agreed to participate in this study underwent laughter therapy at a senior citizen's center. Data were collected through focus interviews, a literary work, and a work of art. The essential themes of this study are a healthy life (restoration of health, refreshed feeling), a happy life (stress relief, put idle thoughts out of one's mind, vitality in daily routine, double pleasure through laughter, re-juvenescence with reminiscence), and a wishful life (became optimistic while leaving behind suffering, look forward to things). Healthy life was defined as experiencing the basic motive power of life, happy life was defined as experiencing delightfulness through relationships with others and empathy, and wishful life was defined as experiencing an affirmative life integration through overcoming suffering from losses. In conclusion, laughter therapy showed to improve health, personal relations and life integration for elderly people. Therefore, utilization of laughter therapy will help to improve independence and self-esteem in elderly people.
Keywords
Elderly; Hermeneutic Phenomenological; Laughter Therapy; Senior Citizen's Center; Van Manen;
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