The Beneficial Effects of Life Story and Legacy Activities

 by Pat McNees in The Journal of Geriatric Care Management, does a great job of highlighting the therapeutic benefits for both the individuals telling their stories and their families and / or caregivers. Pat talks about the "summing up" phase of life that starts at about age 60.  A developmental life stage, which Gene D. Cohen (Director of the Center on Aging, Health and Humanities at George Washington University) describes as a phase when we start to reexamine and assess our lives.  Studies have shown that when we reach this phase, we experience a deep desire to share our stories and lessons learned with others, not only to make sense and resolve of our own lives, but also to benefit future generations.  Read The Beneficial Effects of Life Story and Legacy Activities article. 

Audio recording using Garage Band

This is a great document by Apple, providing step by step easy to follow directions and visuals that will guide you through your interview process..You'll learn to set up GarageBand for recording with an external microphone; guidelines on how to record your audio interview, how to export your audio file, how to send the recorded file to your iTunes library, and finally how to burn your interview onto an audio CD. Click here to read their complete article.
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