Pam Schweitzer

Pam Schweitzer founded Age Exchange Theatre Trust in 1983. It was the first full-time professional theatre company to specialise in touring reminiscence theatre across the UK and Europe and Pam remained its Artistic Director until 2005. In 2000 she was awarded the MBE for services to Reminiscence and she continues to direct the European Reminiscence Network, lecturing, directing and training in reminiscence and related fields. She is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Greenwich.

External links

Pam Schweitzer's website

Press coverage

Dance and drama workshops helping dementia sufferers

Pam Schweitzer's book Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today features in a Times article on the benifits of reminiscence work with people with dementia.

To read the article click here

JKP publications by Pam Schweitzer

Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today

Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today

Reminiscence in Dementia Care: A Guide to Good Practice

Pam Schweitzer and Errollyn Bruce
Foreword by Faith Gibson

2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-84310-649-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 224pp

Keywords: dementia, dramatherapy, older people, palliative care, psychodrama

Reminiscence Theatre

Reminiscence Theatre

Making Theatre from Memories

Pam Schweitzer
Foreword by Glenda Jackson MP

2006, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-430-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 314pp

Keywords: dementia, dramatherapy, education, older people, palliative care, psychodrama