About Our Dementia Products
Shadowbox Press dementia products are designed to encourage engagement opportunities and enhance communication with people living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.
About Our Books
Our eight books are innovative in both content and format. The books offer a variety of subject matter designed to encourage people living with memory loss to reminisce, recall memories, and share stories. Each of the books features three unique sections: The Story, Conversation Starters, and Activities.
Story
- Engaging photographs and large-print text written in easy-to-comprehend sentences
- Fosters an interest in reading
- Designed to entertain, inform, inspire, and/or educate
Conversation Starters
- Features a combination of closed-ended (yes or no) and open-ended questions
- Questions directly correlate to each individual sets of pages from the STORY
- Designed to prompt a dialogue from memories of past experiences, events and/or relationships
Activities
- Based on sensory stimulation, creative expression, and physical movement
- Corresponds to the overall theme of each book
- Designed to provide additional mental and physical enrichment
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About Our Conversation Cards
Our interactive Conversation Cards are designed to add a new dimension of entertainment and enthusiasm to conversations. Each of our three decks features vivid photographs, large-print text, and nine questions per card. The photographs and questions are designed to encourage adults living with memory loss to reminisce, recall memories, and share stories.
Side One
- Vivid, full-color photographs
- Large-print, bold-faced type
- Non-reflective, matte finish
Side Two
- Nine CONVERSATION STARTERS
- (4) closed-ended questions
- (2) open-ended questions
- (1) either/or question
- (2) "Did you know" trivia questions
- Non-reflective, matte finish