As developing of medicare and economy, it is pos sible to imagine that the trend toward industrialization and nuclear family makes problems of the old. One of the wor se thing is what they are suffering by geriatric disease which have been increased.
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As developing of medicare and economy, it is pos sible to imagine that the trend toward industrialization and nuclear family makes problems of the old. One of the wor se thing is what they are suffering by geriatric disease which have been increased.
The old who has a chronic disease which is the first in ratio of its death, and a fatal stroke are the majority of the problem. It is difficult for the stroke patient to make good relationship among their friends, to establish their own independence mentally and physically. Therefore, it is very difficult for the old who has a stroke to make under stand their consciousness and spirit s particularly in having severe problems of partial paralysis and depression.
This is an exploratory study that examines the process through relationship of the stroke in group art therapy. In this way, art therapy is enabled to cure their consciousness and spirits.
Art therapy program help that the old are able to change in the desirable direction to make under stand the others, to relax their trouble mentally and physically.
As being a part of group, the stroke who has special experience makes understand the relationship to be attended in a group program, and it makes possibility to be independent.
This is an analysis which is based on effectiveness, which can be measured the process of depres sion changes in terms of questionaries. Specially, it is compared between before and after art therapy program which is consisted of 6 patient s who are over 60 years old till March, 2000 to June, 2000. The questionaries represent propriety and trust in BDI(Beck Depres sion Inventory) which are based on the researches of Beck (1967) who used pictures of a house, a tree and a person as a method of test (K-HTP). These indexes have been applied with a paired sample 'K-HTP'
Art therapy program makes great difference to improve on their relaxation of their depres sion and special relationship. There will be expect ed efficiency, as a matter of fact, that art therapy can help to establish a trust in relationship to the old who has not familiar in art, to find their self - esteem, to recover their physical and spiritual defect. It is expected that person's interest s and researches can be continued through this research.