The nurse caring for an elderly woman with dementia has asked the woman's children to bring old photo albums when they visit. Which best describes the usefulness of viewing photos when caring for the dementia client?

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Reminiscence therapy (thinking about or relating personally significant past experiences) is an effective intervention for clients with dementia. Rather than lamenting that the client is living in the past, this therapy encourages family and caregivers also to reminisce with the client. Reminiscing uses the client's remote memory, which is not affected as severely or quickly as recent or immediate memory. Photo albums may be useful in stimulating remote memory, and they provide a focus on the client's past.

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