We are Verissima Productions, and we hope that this blog will connect you to the people, stories, and research studies that will convince you to throw out a life preserver and capture the stories of your relatives, friends, and communities.
Our first offering illustrates the power of recounting personal histories for both the narrator and the listener. “Helping Dying Patients”, an article passed on to me by Canadian colleague Jennifer Campbell at the Association of Personal Historians describes the invaluable help hospice patients receive fron telling their stories to others.
Helping Dying Patients Offers Canadians Life Lessons
Canadian hospice care workers say their daily experience caring for dying patients has changed their personal lives — but in a positive way, according to a new study that looks at how people are shaped by exposure to death.