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The family stories workshop: stories for those who cannot remember
Author(s)	Kenneth W Hepburn, Wayne Caron, Marilyn Luptak
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 6, December 1997
Pages	pp 827-832
Keywords	Dementia ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Memory and Reminiscence ; The Family ; Projects ; United States of America.
Annotation	The Family Stories Workshop (FSW) is a process through which family members and friends of persons with dementia living in nursing homes develop stories of these residents' lives. The stories are intended to help staff members to develop a better, more deeply felt understanding of the lives of the residents, persons who can no longer tell their own stories. The workshop is product-oriented and is not meant as a support group and works best in organisations emphasising individualised care. This article describes the process of the FSW as well as outcomes from preliminary implementation. It suggests ways of using elements of the process to more broadly accomplish FSW purposes.
Accession Number	CPA-980309413 A
Classmark	EA: LHB:LF: DB: SJ: 3E: 7T
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