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Life Story Packs use local history to unlock memories

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 06:19 · Archive

Life Story Packs combining archive photographs, maps and videos help older people and families recall memories.

Life Story Packs are now available through Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and Worcester City Council. The packs combine archive photographs, maps, videos and other local material to support reminiscence and storytelling for older people, families and carers. They can be used by individuals, families, care homes and hospitals as reminiscence activities or added to somebody's own life-story book.

Jude Rhodes, a registered nurse and professional genealogist, explained the value of using family history with older people. She said: 'When somebody is living with dementia, their own history can give families somewhere to begin.' She added that the point is not to test memory but to find subjects that mean something to the person, whether a photograph, village, school or former job.

Current packs focus on topics including Worcester's cinemas, Worcester City Football Club, the 1947 floods, school life, Hereford Railway Station and Hereford Cathedral. The wider Life Stories project also includes an online platform allowing people to gather photographs, written memories, audio and video in a private digital book. NHS guidance highlights the value of reminiscence activities using prompts like photos, music and personal items.

Life Story Packs use local history to unlock memories
Image: Malvern Gazette

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