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
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> Sent:         Wednesday, December 03, 1997 12:48 AM
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> Subject:      Re: Reminiscence Therapy and Museum Theatre
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> 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
>
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> > From:         Sherry Anne Chapman[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> > Sent:         Wednesday, 3 December 1997 1:36 AM
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> > 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
> >
>