Senior Care Facility (SCF) Day Brightener Package

Sharing Tree Memories believes everyone has a story to share.  Based on that core value, the Day Brightener Package was developed for senior care facilities (SCF).   The Day Brightener Package has been met with overwhelming support by SCFs.  

Utilizing Sharing Tree Memories’ Day Brightener Package, an internal SCF Activity Director will lead residents through fun activities that spur excitement, activate memories, and engage personal storytelling.  Session summaries outline how to comfortably host two-hour sessions, for up to fifteen residents, once a week for three or four weeks.   Residents will receive gentle promptings in multiple formats to help them recall and share their favorite life stories.  Conversations laced with fun stories and fond memories will spill over into visits with other residents, guest, and family members.

The residents really opened up and shared beautiful memories that they would not have thought of if it was not for the Sharing Tree Memories’ program.
Joanie – SCF Activities Director

We frequently get requests for projects at our senior care facility, but none are as well organized, thought through or as appealing as Sharing Tree Memories.
Lydia – SCF Activities Director

The SCF participants loved the Sharing Tree Memories program, they did not want the sessions to end.
Denise - SCF Activities Director  

Includes:

The Day Brightener Package includes materials for 15 participants:

• Activity Director Guide outlining how to comfortably lead sessions.
• 15 Card decks.
• 15 Treasured Memories booklets.
• 15 Notepads.
• 200 placemats.

Additional resident packets available in increments of 5 at www.SharingTreeMemories.com.

 Individual Items:

Activity Director Guide includes session summaries and helpful hints on how to best utilize the Senior Care Facility Day Brightener Package. 

Card Decks contain 25 cards with two questions on each card that are sure to activate memories and engage conversations.  The card questions are great conversation starter for visiting family and friends too.

Treasured Memories booklet is filled with questions to help residents recall fond memories from their past. If desired, residents can fill in their own Treasured Memories booklet or a fun alternative is to have a family member or friend interview the resident while filling in the resident’s Treasured Memories booklet.

Notepads are available to capture initial responses or jot down a memory.

Placemats display twenty fun designs. Each placemat contains a lighthearted photo and an accompanying question to generate memories and stimulate conversations.

This activity will:

• activate cognitive learning skills.
• inspire joy-filled memories and allow people to relive highlights from their lives.
• inspire conversations among participants beyond the activity time and allow them to learn something new about each other.
• be creative and stimulating for the mind.
• improve the quality of life for participants by adding a healthy alternative to routine.
• offer conversation starters with visitors, family members, friends, and others.
• save valuable memories that might otherwise be lost.
• allow future generations to know the participant even if they never meet.
• bring families closer through conversation.
• be of interest to all; everyone has a story to tell about their life’s journey.
• give participants a reason to Share!