2353-4745 The Therapeutic Values of the Programme “Remembering Yesterday, Caring for Today” in Dementia Care Terapeutyczne wartości programu ,,Pamiętając o Wczoraj, Troszcząc się o Dzisiaj” w opiece nad osobą żyjącą z otępieniem Sikora-Balicka Agnieszka author University of Lower Silesia, Poland Correspondence to: Agnieszka Sikora-Balicka 31 12 2021 9 (2021) 2021 29 41 Copyright © 2021 2021 <p style="text-align: left;">This article describes the therapeutic values of the project “Remembering Yesterday, Caring in Dementia Care” for people living with dementia. Project was established with European Reminiscence Network partners in the European Union, which also operates in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Australia and India. The programme is based on the use of creative reminiscence and interpersonal interaction in reminiscence work to “[…] rediscover and celebrate one’s individuality and social identity”. (European Reminiscence). 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