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The activity that residents actually look forward to.
A guided memory journal that sparks conversation, stimulates the mind, and gives every resident a reason to pick up a pen.
My Life, My Legacy is a beautifully designed, 150-page guided journal with over 200 thoughtful prompts created to help older adults capture and share the stories of their lives, one question at a time.
In aged care settings across Australia, it is being used as a weekly group activity, a one-on-one engagement tool, and a deeply meaningful way to connect residents with their families. No facilitation training required. No writing experience needed. Just a gentle question, and a lifetime of answers waiting to be told.
Why it works in aged care
Backed by science. Loved by residents.
Reminiscence therapy: the practice of recalling and sharing personal memories is one of the most widely recommended non-pharmacological interventions for older adults. Research consistently shows it reduces anxiety and depression, supports cognitive function, strengthens sense of identity, and improves quality of life.
My Life, My Legacy journal is built around exactly this principle. Its prompts are warm, open-ended, and carefully sequenced to move through every chapter of a life from childhood and family, through relationships, career, and hardship, to wisdom, legacy, and love.
The result is not just a therapeutic activity. It's a keepsake something residents complete over weeks or months that becomes a priceless record of their life, to share with family, to read together, to keep forever.
Flexible enough for any program. Meaningful enough to remember.
1/ As a weekly group activity
One chapter or few pages per session. Read it aloud, discuss it as a group, then invite residents to write their own answer in their journal. Generates rich conversation, laughter, and connection between residents who may have lived side by side for years without ever knowing each other's stories.
3/ As an intergenerational program
Invite families, children, grandchildren, school groups to participate in a shared journaling session. Residents answer prompts while family members ask the questions and listen. The conversations that emerge are ones families carry for the rest of their lives.
2/ As a one-on-one engagement tool
Perfect for residents who prefer quiet, independent activity or for carers who want a structured way to spend meaningful time with a resident. The prompts do the heavy lifting. The carer simply sits alongside, listens, and encourages.
4/ As an end-of-life legacy project
For residents in palliative care, completing even a portion of this journal creates something irreplaceable for their family. A record of a voice, a personality, a life fully lived. Carers and families consistently describe this as one of the most meaningful things they have ever facilitated.
200+ prompts.
60+ life topics.
One question at a time.
The journal covers every chapter of a life in depth no writing experience required, no blank pages to face alone.
Prompt themes include:
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Childhood and where they grew up
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Family traditions and relationships
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School, work, and career
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Love, marriage, and friendship
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Proudest moments and hardest years
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Wisdom they would pass on
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What they hope to be remembered for
Each prompt is gentle, conversational, and designed to feel like a natural extension of the kind of stories older adults already love to tell with the structure to help those stories be written down and kept.
Available in English, French and Spanish making it suitable for residents from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Bulk orders for aged care facilities, retirement villages and community organisations
We offer wholesale pricing for facilities ordering 5 or more journals with a free journal included for every 10 ordered. Contact us directly for wholesale price.
EXTRA: The Carer Activity Pack
Available as a standalone purchase or can be included with every bulk journal order.
The Carer Activity Pack is a digital resource designed to help your team get the most out of the journals straight away, including a facilitator guide, an 8-week session program, printable prompt cards, and a family engagement letter template and of course, the journals for the participants.
Trusted by teams who care
This journal is used by:
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Aged care activity coordinators looking for a structured, meaningful weekly program
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Diversional therapists seeking evidence-based reminiscence tools
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Memory care and dementia units running cognitive engagement programs
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Palliative care teams supporting residents and families through end-of-life legacy work
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Retirement villages running social and wellbeing programs
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Occupational therapists working in community aged care settings
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Volunteer organisations visiting isolated older adults at home