Hospice Waikato Life History Service
If you have a family member, friend or neighbour who is near the end of their life or is starting to lose the ability to communicate, have you considered having them record their life history?
Waikato Hospice has more than 600 volunteers and a small section of these dedicated people interview, record and transcribe the life histories of Hospice clients. They travel to people's homes or care facilities and tape record life stories. These are edited, and transcribed into booklets.
Some publications our quite amazing. Family photographs can be included. Recording sessions can be kept short so as not to stress the client, and the volunteer will return as many times as necessary. Drafts of each session can be given and changes made if required.
Clients as far afield as Thames, Waihi and Piopio have had their stories recorded. The volunteers are trained and are patient, caring and strictly confidential. Completed stories may be restricted to specific family members or friends - others could be made publicly available, it's entirely up to the person being recorded.
The only requirement is that the person being recorded must be a registered client with Hospice Waikato. Ask Hospice to be put you in contact with the Life History Coordinator, it's a wonderful free of charge service.
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