Ilana Sinclair
Why we do what we do
The biggest payoff of this work is hearing from our clients just how much their Life Story book means to them and their families....
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Ilana Sinclair
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Companionship for hire
So often in the course of speaking with our clients, we learn about their feelings of isolation and loneliness. The simple act of telling...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Jun 9
- 1 min
Who else is a Coastal Grandmother?? 🖐
"A Coastal Grandmother knows what she likes, and won't waste her time on what she doesn't. She's not stressed out over wrinkles, extra...
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Ilana Sinclair
- May 2
- 1 min
An absolutely incredible story on this Holocaust Remembrance Day
Every year, we at Capture Your Story make it a point take to hear from Holocaust Survivors on Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day -...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Words from the wise
We recently discovered the social media pages of the Wheatland Manor nursing home in Iowa. This 44-bed skilled nursing facility located...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Music to our ears
Many of our clients come to us in the early stages of dementia. That's why we get so excited when we hear about findings that can...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Mar 2
- 1 min
War, trauma and the elderly
Lydia Manuylova, an eighty-six-year-old woman in Ukraine, expressed her fear for the current situation. Lydia Manuylova, 86, Ukraine "I'm...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Jan 16
- 1 min
(Still) Living through a pandemic
Funny how I thought this pandemic of ours would only last a year. *Sigh.* But the premise still remains true: we should be capturing the...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Saying goodbye, and thank you
Sidney Poitier, the iconic, legendary Oscar-winning actor, passed away last week. In this interview from 2013, he tells CBS News' Lesley...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Jan 12
- 6 min
If you make New Year’s resolutions, it’s not too late to add 1 more: How not to fall in your house
The author Amy Tan recently posted a message to her followers that we felt was incredibly important. We are sharing it here in the hopes...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
That feeling when...
The clients have just given their final stamp of approval on their Life Story book - and love it! Oh, the excitement of an almost...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
The only thing that's constant in life is...
From a recent client: "The thing is - you change in life, you don't stay the same. If you do stay the same, that's when divorces start....
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Ilana Sinclair
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
A blast from the past
We're constantly learning new things from our interviewees. For instance, do you know what a "cold water flat" is? Neither did we! Turns...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min
How Far We've Come
Sometimes when interviewing a client for their Life Story book, we are struck by just how much has changed in the span of time that our...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Nov 10, 2021
- 0 min
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Ilana Sinclair
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Thanksgiving memories
What does the word Thanksgiving evoke for you? The smells of the delicious food? The sound of your relatives' laughter? The feeling of...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
Are you as obsessed with Humans of NY as we are??
The profile of this brave girl and her absolutely remarkable brother hit us right in the kishkas (the Yiddish word for guts, but you get...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
When the sky puts on a show
During the dark days of early Covid, when people were limited to the 4 walls of their homes, it became popular to share "the view from my...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
Preserving Memory
We recently stumbled upon an article from a few years back entitled "What Will My Grandchild Remember?" by Paula Span that pretty well...
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Ilana Sinclair
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
From generation to generation, what links us to each other is our stories.
Now it's time to pass down yours. There are countless reasons to tell the stories of your life and of the people who came before you,...
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