title: A story to tell.
abstract: WHILE ON a third-year placement with an early onset dementia team, I delivered a therapeutic intervention called 'life story work'. The initiative uses a biographical approach to caring for people with dementia, giving them the opportunity to talk about their life experiences. It involves recording, reviewing and evaluating an individual's past and present life, with the aim of using their life story to benefit them in their present situation.
authors.affiliation: University of Huddersfieldand runner up in the Nursing Standard RCN fellows student nurse award. He was highly commended by the judges.
authors.forename: Broadhead
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Richard