Project Description
A Free Guide to Starting a Reminiscence and Reflection Group:
[Guide and Participant Template are both downloadable-see below].
Topics are given with suggested props and starter questions for discussion. See useful link to reminiscence and reflection materials: http://www.dementiasigns.co.uk/dementia-activites/reminiscence-books/.
Subjects suggested are My House, Education and Employment, Holidays and Childrearing, Health [Emotional and Physical], Music and Entertainment- cinema, theatre, plays, pantos and comics, Art and Poetry, Society and Politics, Culture and World War Two but pick your own and the order that suits your group. Do consult Stimulating Conversation section of this website for further ideas and scroll down to my Reminiscence Group guide.
A peer reviewed article on the power of nostalgia is here: The power of nostalgia: what is Reminiscence Therapy?
Here are some extracts from the BBC Archive made in 1970 of older women reminiscing about Victorian life [duration is ten minutes] and a few laughs to be had!
Scroll down to Reminiscence Guidance and turn off the page turning sound with dotted icon if it irritates!
