Treasured Memories is one of those lovely board games that both client and activity organizer will want to use time and time again. The object is to encourage players to recall people, events, things and stories from their past wile playing a simple and attractive board game.

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Especially designed for older people in day centers, hospitals or in residential care, Treasured Memories is one of those lovely board games that both client and activity organizer will want to use time and time again. Hugely successful in its original form, this game has been completely rewritten and redesigned to make it even more appealing.

• The object is to encourage players to recall people, events, things and stories from their past while playing a simple and attractive board game. Use this activity as a trigger to help players share memories that might otherwise stay forgotten and at the same time they can socialise, develop friendships, reminisce and simply enjoy themselves.
• Benefits of this activity include: exercising long-term memory, assisting with a life review process, helping individuals maintain their identity and providing social support.

Includes:

• 48 action cards with activities such as: Demonstrate how to pump up a bicycle tire; Act out how to use a piano; Explain how to use a coal fire; Recite a verse from a favorite poem.
• 100 question cards recall events from the past: Did you have a pet as a child? What was it and what was its name? Did you ever see a silent movie? Who starred in it and what became of them?; What were you doing on 2 June 1953 when Queen Elizabeth was crowned?; Did you ever go fruit picking?

Games board, playing pieces, large dice, 48 action cards, 100 question cards and instructions presented in a storage box

Games board, playing pieces, large dice, 48 action cards, 100 question cards and instructions presented in a storage box