{"id":2075,"date":"2011-04-06T08:24:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T14:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summit-education.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2011-04-06T09:58:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T15:58:15","slug":"contributing-to-the-interview-of-a-lifetime-slp-works-with-storycorps-to-help-preserve-precious-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/blog\/general\/contributing-to-the-interview-of-a-lifetime-slp-works-with-storycorps-to-help-preserve-precious-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributing to the Interview of a Lifetime: SLP Works With StoryCorps to Help Preserve Precious Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Entry By: Erin Ball, MA, CCC-SLP<\/h4>\n<p>This article was originally posted on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asha.org\/leader.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">ASHA Leader<\/a> on April 5, 2011 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asha.org\/Publications\/leader\/2011\/110405\/Contributing-to-the-Interview-of-a-Lifetime.htm\" target=\"_blank\">read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tom and his wife, Sharon, sit in a conference room of the nursing  home where he lives. This is an eventful day for them\u2014they are about to  record the story of their lives together.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks earlier, Tom\u2014who has Alzheimer&#8217;s disease\u2014had been asked by the activities director to participate in <a title=\"StoryCorps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.storycorps.org\/mli\">StoryCorps<\/a>,  an oral history project. It seemed like a great idea\u2014to capture  memories of Tom and Sharon&#8217;s life together before Tom&#8217;s illness erases  them. To Sharon, the 40-minute interview seems like a challenge, but one  she is willing to take on for the opportunity to have a CD to listen to  and distribute to family. She is excited but a little concerned about  Tom&#8217;s ability to remember their story. She wonders if he will focus long  enough to complete the recording\u2014StoryCorps is here only today, and she  doesn&#8217;t know if Tom&#8217;s day will be good or bad.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon has prepared a list of 10 interview questions (&#8220;How did you  feel when we first met? How has your Alzheimer&#8217;s disease affected our  life together?&#8221;). A StoryCorps representative facilitates the interview.  In the six interviews scheduled in the nursing home today,  residents\u2014all of whom have memory loss\u2014will be interviewed by spouses,  children, or grandchildren; one resident is being interviewed by a staff  nurse.<\/p>\n<p>The facilitator puts on headphones, tests the recording equipment,  and pushes some buttons on the digital recorder. When the microphones  are in place, Sharon and Tom begin the conversation of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asha.org\/Publications\/leader\/2011\/110405\/Contributing-to-the-Interview-of-a-Lifetime.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read the complete article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entry By: Erin Ball, MA, CCC-SLP This article was originally posted on the ASHA Leader on April 5, 2011 &#8211; read the full article here. Tom and his wife, Sharon, sit in a conference room of the nursing home where he lives. 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