The objective of the research is to validate a methodology for implementing narrative care, through the incorporation of people's biographies and life stories, in interventions in long-term care centres for older adults. From a positivist perspective of gerontological intervention, priority will be given to the validation of quantitative methodologies with empirical support. The study will involve 378 users residing in Galician long-term care centres for older adults. At the theoretical level, there is a broad consensus among professionals and experts on the need to develop new methodologies that allow the personalization of long-term care care and facilitate the development and promotion of the life projects of the older persons through the provision of the support that a particular person needs. In addition, there is a large body of practical interventions that attempt to apply these postulates. However, there is a clear lack of research methodologies that provide robust scientific results and data to support and evaluate these new developments.
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Cognitive status
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.
Memory
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.
Functional Status
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.
Affectivity and Emotions
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.
Social network
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.
Loneliness
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.
Acceptance of Technology
Timeframe: Three assessments: (1) Baseline assesment: Month 1, (2) 1st follow-up assessment: between month 7 and month 10; and (3) 2nd follow-up assessment: between month 13 and month 16.