Long-term memory is often preserved when recent memory is not, so a wedding photograph or a song from someone's twenties can reach them when questions about this morning cannot.
It is one of the better-evidenced non-drug approaches for mood and engagement.
Why it matters
It gives families something to do together that works, at a point when ordinary conversation has stopped working.
Sources
Where to check this, and where to read more. All external and all authoritative.
Reminiscence therapy where you live
The local guide on this, for each city we cover.
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
- Buffalo, NY
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Tucson, AZ