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Interview with grandpa who was in navy and police department

Spoke in Spanish with my mom (age 86 at the time of the interview), who was born in Cuba, eventually moving to Venezuela, where she met and married my dad. She was a college professor for decades before retiring. She...

My dad’s thoughts on his life and lessons in the transformation of his past 10 years.

This is an interview I did with my grandmother (Bubi) about her challenging childhood during the Great Depression. (Note: My grandmother has been previously diagnosed with dementia, which is why there were some aspects of her story that were repeated.)

My sister's early interest in health care & her position in a large family led her to nursing school but her career & life path since required an adventurous spirit and self-propelled advanced education

The legacy of two people as shared by their children and grandchildren.

Irene Rodriguez Mendez recalls her family and baseball as a young child

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Krista and her husband Craig interviewed her maternal grandfather Robert Myron Wachter about his childhood, marriage, family, career and values.

Grandma and Warren and Heather talking in the hospital.

Being on the Berkeley campus in the 1960s and 1970s; ageism and sexism; watching a parent go through Alzheimer's.

In this interview we discussed her early life. Later in the interview we briefly touched on her life now and her diagnosis with Alzheimer’s.

My mother has dementia and has difficulty remembering any details but she is this far as sweet as ever.

Questions about Alzheimer’s and learning to live with a patient.

My grandpa on aging, Alzheimer's, and growing up as a street kid during the depression.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to go on a search to find your birth parents? On December 31,2019, in Woodstock Vermont, Tsehay Driscoll sad down to interview her grandmother Titia Ellis to find the answer. Titia...

My friend Anne Hermann has long had a passion for and involvement with the field of mental health services, particularly for older adults.

Her family left Germany in 1934 when she was 2. Eva's journey of discovery & passion for social justice began in the American South; then she found shared values at Antioch College and with the U.U.community...

Judith Peavey (71) shares her thoughts, feelings, and memories about her late husband's life and their relationship leading up to his diagnosis with dementia. Sonia Kinkhabwala (22) accompanies and listens to her stories.

Interviewing my great grandmother

Krista and her husband Craig interviewed her maternal grandfather Robert Myron Wachter about his childhood, marriage, family, career and values.

Andover Stories of American Identity: Andover resident Kevin O'Leary shares his story about his worldly upbringing, and how it all led to his profession of becoming a psychologist to help wounded veterans heal.

Linda talks about taking care of her parents. As an only child the caretaking is mostly left to her, but she does have some help from a childhood friend. There are rewards to taking care of your parents, knowing they...

margie talked about her lifr growing up and what she did.

[Recorded: Friday, November 5th, 2021] Miles Efron and Marion Dembling have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Miles works for the Miller Center at UVA, and Marion is a retiree living in the Charlottesville area. During their conversation,...