Could someone define reminiscence therapy for me? How does it work? Is it related at all to the mediem known as playback theater? Amy A. Douglass Tempe Historical Museum [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: Thompson, Bronwyn[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 1997 12:48 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Reminiscence Therapy and Museum Theatre > > Hi Sherry Anne > > At the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia we have been > operating > for the last seven years a very successful Outreach program which is > designed around reminiscence therapy. We offer the program in the form > of kits and visits to regular meeting places in the community. > > The program is targetted towards active seniors and the less mobile > Nursing Home residents. We often encounter people from very diverse > backgrounds, e.g from the country or city, and from people with > English > as a second language. We find the very act of "reminiscence" or > recalling the past provides a very stimulating environment and > participants actively share memories. > > The Outreach program was initially developed in partnership with > external organisations such a the Mayfield Education Centre and the > Victoria Alzheimer's Association. We are regularly invited to conduct > workshops for carers/workers in the field on how to set up their own > reminiscence kits. > > I am more than happy to discuss further as to how we have applied > remiscence therapy to Museum programming. If you wish to contact me my > email address is: [log in to unmask] > > regards > > Bronwyn Thompson > > > ---------- > > From: Sherry Anne Chapman[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Reply To: Museum discussion list > > Sent: Wednesday, 3 December 1997 1:36 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Reminiscence Therapy and Museum Theatre > > > > Hello! > > > > I am a programmer at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta. I have > a > > special interest in the use of museum theatre and have been > > experimenting with it at Glenbow for the past three years. Through > the > > past year, I have come to focus on seniors as a visitor group to > > Glenbow and have been programming for them. > > > > Now, I am looking at ways to bring the medium of museum theatre > > together with an audience category of senior visitors. I am > interested > > to know if anyone else on the list has experience with this > > combination of factors: > > > > Is anyone using Reminiscence Therapy in museum programming? This is > an > > active and developing field in the United Kingdom from what I > > understand. > > > > Has anyone developed Reminiscence Kits or boxes for seniors > > particularly as an outreach program to continuing care facilities? > > > > Is anyone offering museum theatre programs based upon reminiscences > of > > older adults? Age Exchange Theatre Trust Ltd. in London does this > very > > thing. I recently heard about the Trust through an interactive > theatre > > workshop with Lisa Doolittle who is at the University of Lethbridge, > > Alberta. > > > > I would really like to get a sense of what is happening "out there" > > and would like to hear from anyone who has any connection to the > > above. Please email me directly at: > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > If anyone is interested in the responses, please let me know. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Sherry Anne Chapman > > Live Interpreter > > Glenbow > > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.glenbow.org > > 130 - 9th Avenue S.E. > > Calgary, Alberta > > T2G 0P3 > > >