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Wednesday, September 8, 1993 — The Allen American — Page 7A
MurderLife’s Journeys
From 6A • • •
. so pressure felt by officers and Reminiscence Program helps seniors document memories
the department to find the person or
persons responsible. By CINDY INGRAM worth sharing — but if so, they’re tage of volunteers —15 completed a forth and dusting off memories of Hatchell points out both seniors
"I think so,” Glasscock said. Staff writer wrong. They need to realize they training session last week. But there half-forgotten events. These are and volunteers benefit from the
“None of us like to see a death. PLANO —Faint echoes of laugh- have made a contribution in ways is a need for senior citizens who stories that might soon be lost fore- program in several ways.
When it involves a child, many of the ter from long ago, spawned by a good- they never imagined.” would like to participate in the Re- ver if not for the efforts of volunteers “There’s a sense of satisfaction
officers involved in the search or in- naturedjoke that backfired on the gig- Among the elderly, memories miniscence project. such as Carolyn Hasley, 41, full-time and mutual appreciation for both par
vestigation have children. It hits gling pranksters often take the form of familiar stor- “We’re primarily looking for indi- homemaker and part-time graduate ties involved,” Hatchell said. “And
pretty close to home. There is no- A difficult decision leading down a ies. With little prompting, these viduals who are homebound and student at the University of North for volunteers, it helps foster an
thing more gut-wrenching than the road best not taken but too late now stories are told so many times family would welcome the opportunity to Texas. appreciation of their own lives and
tragic death of a child. Our officers to turn back ’ ' members can soon recite them interact with other people,” Hatchell “Listening to the stories people memories. There’s also a special
a uwart to bring this to a closure, be- One perfect afternoon — good word-for-word. said. “These are mostly individuals tell has always been fun for me,” bond that forms between the two
Pfor- we get another like this, and to times with good friends embarking Hatchell said family members who are at home with no means of Hasley said. “I started visiting nurs- that enriches both their lives.”
get it behind us.” on a small adventure never to be repe- sometimes see the constant repeti- transportation. Sometimes they live ing homes in junior high, when my Although Papier and Hasley say
Plano Police Department spokes- ated and never to be forgotten tion as a sign of encroaching senility, with family members who are away grandmother was living in one. I the Reminiscence Program is helpful
man Officer Carl Duke said the de- Such is the stuff memories are But psychologists say it is really a at work during the day.” kept on visiting, even after she died, in their chosen course of study, that
partment has received hundreds of made of — good and bad, but rarely positive attempt on the part of elders The program began last year as a because of the friends I had made and the personal enjoyment derived
photos and three videos of activity in indifferent For both young and old, to resolve important conflicts in their group session with about 20 senior there. are not the only reasons they wanted
and around Carpenter Park Satur- they are constantly with us helping lives. citizens, then evolved into a home- “To me, it’s like getting to read a to volunteer. Of equal importance is
day, and said the department had to define who we are where we’ve Dwelling on pleasant memories visit concept that led to four volun- novel — only you have a real, live the belief that what they do will make
received “hundreds of calls” and been, and how we wound up where also can bring much-needed reassur- teers “reminiscing” with six seniors, person sitting there telling the a difference in someone else’s life,
potential leads. we are today. ance to someone facing a number of Hatchell describes the current story,” Hasley explained. As "You’re helping them nut their
, Glasscock said the department, The Reminiscence Program, losses — among them, good health, program as an “ongoing project that they re describing it, I can actually 1 i av
D w.Wch requested photos and offered through the Maurice Barnett independence and friends and pairs up volunteers and seniors for see it all happening. ’ - isaict the bad
videotapes from people who were at Geriatric Wellness Center in Plano, family. six different one-hour sessions con- Documented records of life high- choices they may the
the park, had not received as much helps senior citizens recall and relate “If the family ends up with a re- ducted on a weekly basis. Once com- lights can take many forms — mclud- ontoor-tienor
film as hoped. He said there were life experiences. Trained volunteers cord of their (loved one’s) life, that’s pleted, the elder has a documented ing written accounts, audio tapes or Psg and ope neip inem nna
teams from as far as away as Oklaho- visit the homes of area seniors on a a wonderful byproduct — something record of highlights from his or her video presentations. Hasley said she P
ma, Houston and even Tennessee weekly basis — documenting that can be shared with all the diffe- life, and the volunteer is ready to is considering using both audio tapes Hasley said the weekly visits offer
who might have some information memories and allowing the elders to rent generations,” Hatchell said, start the process all over again with a of the conversations and a scrapbook seniors who are normally isolated in
and need to be located and con- work through unresolved feelings “But the real focus is on benefiting new participant. .. presentation. A cloth-bound journa their homes something to look for-
tacted. related to the past. the seniors by helping them remem- Reminiscence training empha- containing accounts of various ward to — a welcome break in the
“The response we have gotten as "We all evaluate our lives, usually ber the important things about their sizes the art of “listening” — an in- memories is another possibility. daily routine
been very positive,” Glasscock said, without even knowing it,” said Pat lives. Being able to accept what has valuable skill for anyone participating Elaine Papier,. 50, is a former
9 The chief said despite the number Hatchell executive director of the happened in life becomes ther- in the program. medical technologist who, like Has- Sometimes, depression can set
r of calls and information received by center “At the end of each day, we apeutic.” Hatchell said “reflective” listening ley, is now a graduate student at the in without their even knowing it,”
: officers and call-takers, investiga- think back over what happened to us The Reminiscence Program — repeating the strong feelings and University of North Texas Center she said. “This program helps give
-tors had not yet found any tangible and how things went. It can influence evolved from a process known as statements expressed by the speak- for Studies in Aging. . them a sense of worth and value they
•.'. evidence. how we feel about ourselves and Life Review, first described in 1961 er — helps seniors understand that a Everyone has an important life may not have had before. They can
“Information is being reviewed what we choose to do next. by Dr. Robert Butler, founding volunteer truly hears and accepts story,” Papier insisted. “The elderly learn to feel better about them-
) is and evaluated,” Glasscock said. “People in the latter stages of life director of the National Council on what is being said. It is a useful are fascinating people with wonder- selves.
I “There is not anything we feel real need to realize that what they’ve Aging. Its main purpose is to encour- method for dealing with unresolved ful stories to tell, but many of themD
-0 positive about right now. We will ev- done really matters,” Hatchell said, age and maintain good mental and feelings and emotions, don’t think so. I’m privileged just to .For moreinformation on the Ne-
aluate it and prioritize it as it comes “They may not feel they’ve done emotional health in senior citizens. Volunteers also learn to ask well- have them share those life experi- miniscencerosram or tosign up,
' ri in." anything important — anything The Plano program has no shor- placed questions aimed at drawing ences with me.” contact Hatchell at 57/8-7335.
g (Shree separate rewards, includ-
- ri ing one offered by the company that
me employs Ashley’s father, Richard
I Estell, have been offered totaling
$45,000 for the arrest and conviction
t) of the person or persons re-
57 sponsible.
Glasscock said the department
• ■ was working with the Garland Police
090 Department to share information
. • * with that department’s investigation
nioiinto the recent murder of an
Pads a Ducted child there. He said there
1 C is no evidence to link the two cases.
0 He said other area law enforce-
1901 ment agencies were also calling to
olo offer assistance. The chief said the
qob department might ask the FBI to
• j provide profiling data, information
srl that could help the department form
T s a portrait of a typical suspect in a
lirh child abduction-killing.
' Marjorie Poche, spokeswoman
) 1 f Othe Dallas office of the FBI, said
the agency was not directly involved
hiw with the case but would assist Plano
police if asked.
“It is out of our jurisdiction,”
. S Poche said. “What we do in all cases
if like this is lend support if they need
■ it. We have specific people assisting
adi them as requested. We’ll offer them
ed the division if they want it.”
Poche said the FBI, through its
bahavorial sciences lab at its head-
up quarters in Quantico, Va., could pro-
be vide the department with profiles of
typical suspects.
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