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From: Ruth Kent <>
Subject: [MOBARRY] Interviewing Seniors
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:55:11 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <01fb01c84faf$05d02fa0$6101a8c0@D1F3R881>


I live in Kansas City and recently, there have been articles in the local papers about people who interview retired military or persons who served in the wars. As I understand it, they make an appointment, then have a general discussion just to get comfortable with the person they are going to interview -- get them talking about themselves -- and then they either videotape the discussion or tape record it, trying to do so in an atmosphere wbere everyone is comfortable and the person is not really aware of the taping. kind of a general chat type situation.

Ruth.



Jane Foley <> wrote:
Barbara, Tell me more about your visiting seniors and the shoebox. I go
into senior facilities every week to do a musical program. Your are right
in that there are seniors who have no one to visit them. Also, there are
seniors whose memory is good and some that aren't.

I guess my question is how do you do this? I have thought about something
similiar but didn't know how to put it together.

Jane Foley
NC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara"
To:
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] School Photos


> Hello,
> I know I thought the same thing. She said she put them all in a shoebox
> and
> went to different ones. She said it is sad because so many still have
> great
> memories but get little to no visits and some have no family and the staff
> welcomed her and even pointed out the ones that had good memories and
> those
> they knew wouldn't want to be bothered.
> All my family are from AR. MO. ILL. and I was born and raised in CA. it
> was
> something when told to me I sure would have tried it. I am the next to the
> oldest in my family that is alive and I don't know any of them in the old
> family pictures. I have never saw any of my mom or dads family so I guess
> it
> is a good thing there wasn't any old pictures to leave in my family. I
> have
> found a few family members that have shared a few old pictures.
> Barbara
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] School Photos
>
>
>> what a great idea..I'm sure the elderly people enjoyed this experience a
>> lot, and at the same time it was a help to you. You'd have to have the
>> permission of the facility you are visiting though.
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>>
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