In workbook 1, chapter 5 and workbook 2, chapter 6 the importance of life history work was discussed. Finding out about a person may need exploring in an ongoing way rather than a ‘task’ to be completed in a ‘session’.

Some of the ideas as to what to include can be to use specific formats. For example the ‘Clipper Questionnaire’ by purchasing Care to Communicate: Helping the Older Person with Dementia (Powell, J. 2000) or gathering information using headers from a variety of sources for example the Alzheimer’s Society ‘This is Me’ leaflet. When trying to find out about someone’s life history it is important to consider their cultural, ethnic or spiritual background.

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