What if a two-minute story could change how a care team sees you? We dive into the power of short, first-person narratives to bring dignity, clarity, and warmth back into healthcare, especially in dementia care where behaviour, memory, and language can obscure the person beneath the chart. Lisa Joworski returns to share how Capturing Essence For Care has evolved from interviews into a connector hub for life story methods, linking digital storytellers, guided autobiographers, videographers, and families who want practical ways to preserve identity.

Episode Key Messages

• why capturing essence improves care and communication
• what digital storytelling is and why ownership stays with the storyteller
• creating clear elevator pitches and scripts that set expectations
• many paths to story including music, photos, writing and family podcasts
• building a connector hub for life story resources across methods
• Beth’s digital story, Story Slam and the impact of public sharing, Capturing Essence for Care Ep 21
• advocacy links to Waiting Room Revolution and practical workbooks, Capturing Essence for Care Ep 16
• VR training for person-centred communication and reading environments, Capturing Essence for Care Ep 17
• using AI for drafts while keeping the human voice
• prompts that unlock memory such as tattoos and scars
• upcoming projects and finding one’s voice with assertiveness

Other Links Mentioned

• Read this episode's blog post
• Watch Lisa's digital story
• Listen to Lisa's original Co-Created episode
• Get your ticket to the April 30th 2026 Story Slam

About Our Guest

Lisa Joworski works in Therapeutic Recreation and is a Life Story Resource who brings together storytellers, artists, musicians, advocates, people living with dementia, healthcare practitioners, and life story experts. Each conversation of her Capturing Essence for Care podcast offers insights and practical approaches for the beautiful ways we can honour our own stories and the stories of those we love—not just for memory's sake, but for the fullness of living and for the care we may one day need.

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