Keeping Memories Alive: Caregivers use past life to help those with dementia and Alzheimer's

Two pieces of paper, that’s what’s left of a lifetime of stories from one woman who lost her life to dementia, in Sierra Vista. On the two pages are stories she told her family, so her memory and part of their family history could live on after she passed. The stories also helped her caregivers understand the person who didn’t remember most of herself, allowing them to build a connection with their patient. Shelby Weller, Executive Director for Casa de la Paz Hospice, says having the memoir-type of document helped her and her team see the person the patient once was, because she couldn't tell them herself.