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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dementia and Reminiscence: Current Thinking | |
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| Dementia | |
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| Reminiscence | |
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| Reminiscence in Dementia Care | |
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| Reasons for using reminiscence in dementia care | |
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| Ways of using reminiscence in dementia care | |
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| Reminiscence and dementia - a note on the evidence base | |
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| Reminiscence Skills and Methods | |
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| Attitudes and skills needed for successful reminiscence work | |
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| Triggering memories, especially through sensory stimuli | |
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| Background research for successful reminiscence work | |
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| Working across cultures | |
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| Making reminiscence products | |
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| Learning from experience and evaluation | |
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| Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today: A Programme and an Approach | |
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| The RYCT approach | |
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| The RYCT programme | |
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| Comments from participants, leaders and volunteers | |
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| Organising a Reminiscence Project | |
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| Recruiting the project team | |
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| Preparation for the project team | |
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| Recruiting and preparing participants | |
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| Practical matters | |
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| Managing the sessions and structuring the project | |
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| Debriefing, monitoring and evaluation | |
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| Training for the Project Team and Family Carers | |
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| Training activities for the project team | |
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| Training activities for family carers | |
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| Reminiscence Sessions: Retracing the Life Course | |
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| Outline timetable | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Childhood and family life | |
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| Schooldays | |
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| Starting work and working lives | |
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| Going out and having fun | |
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| Weddings | |
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| Homes, gardens and animals | |
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| The next generation - babies and children | |
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| Food and cooking | |
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| Holidays and travel | |
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| Celebration | |
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| Rounding up and evaluation | |
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| Adaptations for 'Reminiscence Alone' groups | |
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| Reunion sessions | |
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| Final Comments and Future Hopes | |
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| Useful documents | |
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| References | |
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| Suject Index | |
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| Author Index | |