The recording of life stories through the Reflection Programme of the Alberni Valley Hospice Society is offered to clients, especially seniors, who receive some kind of community care in the Alberni Valley, be it in a care facility, to exclude any information or details.
Assisted living or a daily phone call from the Echo Sunshine Club. It might even be care from the family.
The process involves a minimum of two interview sessions of up to one hour duration per session. The dates, times and length of interview sessions are determined by you and your Reflections Programme interviewer.
The interviews are recorded by digital recorder. The final product can be an unedited audio CD or an edited book. The first copy of he final product is delivered to you or your designate upon completion without charge. There is no charge for the interview process.
Your Rights: You are in charge of the interview process. While we tend to start the interview with questions about your childhood and proceed in a somewhat chronological order, you may begin your story wherever you wish. At any time throughout the interview process, you may decline to answer any particular question without explanation. You may stop the interview process at any time. You may ask us to exclude any information or details.
Should you wish to discontinue he process before the project is completed, you are entitled to have a copy of the material gathered to that point. The Reflections Programme will destroy its copy of the incomplete data once yours has been delivered.
Confidentiality: Your privacy is vitally important to us. We ensure confidentiality for your interview process and its products by: Not discussing your process or the materials produced.
From that process with anyone outside the members of the Alberni Valley Hospice Society who may be involved in the interview process/ or the compilation of your material unless there is mutual agreement between you and the interviewer to do so.
What are the benefits to you? Embracing and celebrating your life journey. Having the opportunity to record stories and reflections from your life as only you can tell them. Providing A loving legacy for your family and/or friends. Discovering a refreshing new perspective on your life as you look back on it through a lens of wisdom and distance. Expanding your sense of purpose and meaning at this stage of your life. Rediscovering the essence of who you are.
Come and listen to Sharon talking about this fascinating programme on Monday, March 3rd at Dolce Vita beginning at 5:30 p.m.