Now, more than ever, it’s important to record your aging loved one’s story in order to preserve history, and give them the opportunity to receive better care in the future. Having this history can help your loved one receive individualized care by helping the person caring for them to learn their preferences, needs, passions, likes, and dislikes. It can help nurses and other caregivers relate to and connect with your loved one while giving them more tools with which to soothe and redirect them, should they grow agitated. Learn more at https://www.caringvillage.com/2017/10/30/record-life-story. | C O N N E C T W I T H U S | Website: https://www.caringvillage.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/caringvillage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caringvillage

2. Capturing and preserving your family’s story
can also bring delight and joy to younger
family members. There are opportunities to
find happiness in the stories and it could
prompt hours of questions and reminiscing.
This can stir memories of what’s yet to be
done: that trip never taken, an old bet or
promise or a never-achieved goal.

3. The benefits of preserving your family
history are real but for many the time
and resources can be a challenge. To
organize interview questions, schedule
an interview, record the session, draft
the material, review it, edit and then
share it for input is a very time-
consuming task – but not for a trained
journalist or storyteller!
Providing Better Care for a Loved One

4. As a family caregiver, your time is split in many
directions so you could use help to complete
this invaluable task.
Having a trained professional conduct the
interview and write the family history will save
you time and stress. But the benefits don’t stop
there.

5. If your aging parent requires at-home
professional care or a nursing home, than
having a well-written, easy-to-understand
history can actually lead to better care.
Having this history can help your loved one
receive individualized care by helping the
person caring for them learn their preferences,
needs, passions, likes and dislikes.

6. It can help nurses and other caregivers relate
to and connect with your loved one, while
giving them more tools with which to soothe
and redirect them, should they grow agitated.

7. MemoryWell was cofounded by Jay
Newton-Small, who was a caregiver for
her father who had Alzheimer’s for 15
years. A couple of years ago, she had to
move him to a care home.
This made no sense to her: how were
they ever going to remember 20 pages
of hand-written data points for the 150
residents there?
About MemoryWell

8. As a former correspondent for TIME
Magazine, Jay decided to put her
professional skills to use and she wrote
down his story.
Though the company began writing the
stories of those living with Alzheimer’s
and dementia, they quickly realized that
their stories had a much broader appeal.
About MemoryWell

9. To find out more about
MemoryWell
please visit
www.CaringVillage.com