Making Memories

Synopsis: People have used scrapbooks to preserve memories for many years. Photographs, ticket stubs, pressed flowers and so on have all been chosen for the story they tell. More recently, however, the intentional use of the medium as a tool for provoking memory recall has become widely recognised. This links very closely to reminiscence therapy and provides a way of exploring the personal stories and significant life events that have been experienced by people with dementia. This DVD focuses on recording memories through the creation of such a scrap book, and the way in which this enables people with early onset of dementia to be able to record and refer back to significant life events. Lana Morris explains the practicalities of such work and demonstrates the process with two colleagues, who develop their own page of memories in the studio.

Creating a scrapbook is a way for practitioners, family members and people with dementia to spend time together as they create a book of memories.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2008
Subjects: Social welfare; Mental Health and Counselling
Keywords: dementia; memory; reminiscence therapy

Name: Concord Media
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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

Name: University of Wales, Newport
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Notes: A series of DVDs produced by members of the counselling team at the School of Health and Social Science. The videos are intended to give training in counselling techniques, both in person and on the telephone, to trainee counsellors and those who may need to use some counselling in the course of their job. Some of the programmes are marketed "in house", others are more widely available through Concord Media.

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