Reminiscence Kit – Getting Around
$105.00 inc. GST
A ready-to-use reminiscence kit for seniors in aged care, this poster-based resource covers ten modes of transport to prompt personal stories, group discussion, and memory recall. Suited to one-to-one and group sessions, including activity programs for people living with dementia. Subject matter is relevant for Australian audiences.
This reminiscence kit for seniors explores transport memories for aged care groups
The Getting Around kit uses A3 transport posters to prompt conversation and personal memory recall in residential aged care and community day programs. Each poster covers a different mode of transport, giving coordinators and carers a flexible starting point for one-to-one sessions or small group discussions with people living with dementia and other seniors.
What’s included
The kit contains ten A3 posters covering the following modes of transport:
- Car
- Train
- Bus
- Tram
- Horse
- Boat
- Bike
- Walking
- Skiing
- Air travel
How to use this resource
Discussion prompts centre on personal travel experiences, the differences between travelling for pleasure and out of necessity, and the advantages and disadvantages of each mode. The A3 format suits both individual use and group settings. Content is relevant for Australian audiences and works across reminiscence kits used in structured activity programs.
- Personal travel stories: Show one poster at a time and invite residents to share a memory connected to that mode of transport, a first train trip, a childhood bike ride, or a sea voyage.
- Then and now comparison: Ask the group to compare how that form of transport looked and felt in their youth versus today, drawing out stories about change over time.
- Pleasure versus necessity: Use the posters as a sorting activity, which modes did residents use for holidays, and which were part of everyday life? This works well as a group discussion or a simple one-to-one prompt.
- Favourite journey: Ask each participant to choose the poster that reminds them of their most memorable trip and share the story behind it.
- Sequencing activity: Lay all ten posters on a table and invite residents to arrange them from most to least used during their lifetime, then explain their choices.
- Format: Physical poster kit
- Contents: 10 posters
- Poster size: A3
- Audience relevance: Australian content
- Suitable for: Individual and group use in aged care settings
