TimeSlips: Creative Storytelling for People with Memory Loss

TimeSlips is a creative storytelling method that opens storytelling to everyone by replacing the pressure to remember with the freedom to imagine. Although it is fun for anyone, it was originally designed as a way for people with cognitive impairment and their care partners to share in creative expressions together. Since its inception in 1998, TimeSlips became a way for people to grow and connect across the challenges of cognitive disability. Through improvisational storytelling people are empowered to participate, access their imagination and connect with others. Evidence-based research demonstrates that TimeSlips brings meaning and purpose into lives, and is engaging, empowering and lots of fun! 

Carolyn Cristina holds certificates with the National Council for Certified Dementia Practitioners as Dementia Practitioner and Dementia Support Group Facilitator. She is also a Dementia Friends Champion, a Certified TimeSlips™ facilitator and member of The East Jefferson County Memory Cafe Committee. She is a Certified Clinical Chaplain serving as Bereavement Coordinator and Spiritual Care Coordinator for Jefferson Healthcare Home Health & Hospice.