Preserving Their Stories
This entry was posted on 3/5/2010 9:42 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
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I've been playing with my scrapbooking supplies a lot lately while the snow's been on the ground. Specifically, I've been trying to put together an album for one of the Love-Of-My-Life's older relatives. She's beginning to have a little trouble keeping up with current events and family members that aren't around on a daily basis. In this new book, Preserving Their Stories, from Leisure Arts and Creating Keepsakes magazine, I've found some much needed inspiration.
Preserving family memories is a universal hobby that presents a special challenge for families with loved ones experiencing memory loss, such as from Alzheimer's disease. This ground-breaking guidebook provides a wealth of effective ideas to help individuals, families, and caregivers. It's loaded with advice on how to gather memories from various sources and have meaningful conversations with memory loss sufferers.
Projects include memory prompts, such as a daily journal, a guest book, puzzles, and games, plus informative layouts, such as a family tree, family recipe book, daily routine schedule, photo phonebook, and albums that identify grandchildren and other loved ones.
After looking at this book, my album took a totally different direction. I turned it into a large print address/phone book featuring large photos of her family and friends with all their important information listed with the photos. I even included their birthdays and other special events to make it easier for her to keep up with them. And to make it even simpler, I gave her some handmade cards and envelopes suitable for any occasion.
