NURS 3325 Holistic Care of Older Adults Week 1 Assignment: Interview Schedule
Submit by 2359 Saturday
Name: Date: Overview: Life Review – Interview Consent Form/Schedule
Robert Butler (1974) saw successful aging as the ability to work through losses and maintain selfesteem. Life Review, developed by Butler, provides older adults with an opportunity to come to
grips with guilt and regrets and to emerge feeling good about themselves. Haight (1988) found Life
Review to have a significant effect on both life satisfaction and psychological well-being.
This assignment provides the opportunity to develop one-to-one interactions with an elder who
resides in the community. The focus is to develop and refine skills in communication and to
examine successful aging through the lived experiences of an older adult.
Please note: Students are not to interview a relative without written Coach approval! Often, close
relatives are not willing to be open about life experiences with other family members, resulting in
less than honest interviews. Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Interview Consent Form/Schedule.”
Task
Schedule Interview
Document interview
date, time, and place. All information is
correct and complete Student does not
schedule and
interview with a close
relative (parent,
grandparent, aunt,
uncle, in-law
©2010 UTA College of Nursing Accomplished Failed to
Accomplish Date, time, place
documented.
Requirements for
interview are
met Interview not
scheduled 70 points 0 points All information
on the form is
correct and
complete Form is incorrect
or is not
complete 20 points 0 points Close relative is
not selected for
interview Written Coach
permission is
obtained to
interview a close
relative prior to
interview. No 10 points Page 1 of 2 NURS 3325 Holistic Care of Older Adults points will be
awarded for a
completed
consent form is a
completed Life
Review Analysis
is not submitted.
0 points
Interview Schedule: To have time to conduct the interview, analyze your findings, and write your
summary paper, you should schedule the interview to occur before Week 4. Document the date,
time, and place for the interview below. If you must change the date, time, or place of the interview,
contact your Academic Coach with the new information and the reason for the change.
Participant (Elder) ________________________________________
Age of Participant (must be 70 or older__________Participant is NOT a close relative of
student (see rubric)
Interview Schedule:
Student Name_______________________________________________________
Date _______________________
Place (Elder’s home, workplace, church etc?)______________________
Time _______________________
(The UTA Student Nurse will contact the participant the day before the interview as a reminder.) ©2010 UTA College of Nursing Page 2 of 2

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