Lisa O'Brien, of Williamstown, alerted us to an NPR piece which reports on how getting people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia to tell stories can be therapeutic.
"Storytelling is one of the most ancient forms of communication — it's how we learn about the world. It turns out that for people with dementia, storytelling can be therapeutic. It gives people who don't communicate well a chance to communicate. And you don't need any training to run a session."
See: "Alzheimer's Patients Turn to Stories Not Memories."
In our era of high tech medical care, here is another example of a low-tech intervention that holds promise without increasing the cost of care.
For more background about this program see: TimeSlips.
