Life Changing Times
Our Life Changing Times book creation experience is for people facing an unexpected path such as a diagnosis of early dementia, terminal cancer, motor neurone disease or an uncertain prognosis. At times like this, when life throws you a curve ball, the need to write memories and stories can feel more urgent. The benefits are many.
Early dementia
“The best things in life are the people you love, the places you’ve seen and the memories you’ve made along the way.”
For people with memory loss or an early dementia diagnosis, recording memories, nostalgia and stories means they can never be lost. This is vital. Their completed book can be used to help them recall certain times in their life as their memory fades.
It gives the carer the bigger picture of who the person is and was. It provides useful topics of conversation to look through their book together prompting them with recollections of long-term memories. Recounting familiar stories from the past can bring comfort to the person with dementia.
Facing terminal illness
If you don’t recount your family history, it will be lost. Honour your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what bind families and make each of us who we are.
-Madeleine L’Engle
For people facing terminal illness or an uncertain prognosis, it becomes important to preserve your stories for your loved ones. Conversations like this can be difficult for family to have because it's hard to face the thought of loss. We are skilled in asking the right questions to sensitively gather your memories even if they come amidst tears. One day this book (and the extras that we gift you) will be treasured as they enable your loved ones to continue to feel connected to you.
Extra special care
We build in extra interview sessions and can split them into shorter sessions if needed because experience tells us we'll need to take things more slowly and tenderly. We give these books priority in our schedule.
As a free gift to your family from us, we also include an unedited audio file and an unedited video file of all the interview sessions. There is comfort in being able to listen to someone's voice and see their personality on screen. This can never be forgotten even when they are not physically here anymore.
The experience of sharing memories can be cathartic. It's an opportunity to pause and reflect on life, the highlights, the lowlights and the way challenges have been transformed and perspectives have shifted. Letters and personal messages to loved ones can be included that means nothing is left unsaid. Wisdom and wishes for the next generation can be shared. It will be an uplifting and reassuring experience.
Choose your experience
We offer a choice of three levels of service - Silver, Gold and Platinum - depending on the length of the book.
SILVER
- 1 x Getting to know you session
- 3 x Interview sessions
- 20 x Photos
- 35-40 Pages
- 5000 words (approx)
- 1 x Review & revise session
- 1 x Digital pdf book
- 4 x Printed keepsake books
- FREE GIFT - Unedited audio file of the interviews
- FREE GIFT - Unedited video file of the interviews
$2,499 USD
or
£1,949 GBP
(ask for other currencies)
GOLD
- 1 x Getting to know you session
- 5 x Interview sessions
- 30 x Photos
- 60-65 Pages
- 9,500 words (approx)
- 1 x Review & revise session
- 1 x Digital pdf book
- 4 x Printed keepsake books
- FREE GIFT - Unedited audio file of the interviews
- FREE GIFT - Unedited video file of the interviews
$3,699 USD
or
£2,885 GBP
(ask for other currencies)
PLATINUM
- 1 x Getting to know you session
- 7 x Interview sessions
- 40 x Photos
- 90-95 Pages
- 14,000 words (approx)
- 1 x Review & revise session
- 1 x Digital pdf book
- 4 x Printed keepsake books
- FREE GIFT - Unedited audio file of the interviews
- FREE GIFT - Unedited video file of the interviews
$4,999 USD
or
£3,899 GBP
(ask for other currencies)
to discuss your needs
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