LiveBetter captures Paulette Compton's life stories with The Memoirs Project

Mrs Compton, 80, who lives in her own home with her husband Ray, was one of five Central West residents who took part in The Memoirs Project.

"I'd never written up my stories before," she said.

"My home care worker asked if I'd be interested in doing a book about my life and I just said yes that would be alright.

"It was all true stories and was emotionally hard in some places."

LiveBetter home care worker Lee Pickett interviewed Mrs Compton over six sessions via phone and face-to-face to collect her life's anecdotes.

According to Ms Pickett, it was a "real privilege" listening to her and other LiveBetter participants' stories.

"It was lovely for them to be able to open up because sometimes they didn't have family nearby," she said.

"The most surprising thing for me with Paulette was that with only a little bit of prompting, I was able to hear so much more detail about her life story."

LiveBetter project lead Jacquie Millynn said the project provided social support to the participants and the home care workers during COVID-19.

"We still wanted to stay connected and show social support in a different way," she said.

"The memoirs have only been published for the participants and their family members as it has personal details about their lives.

"At the moment, LiveBetter doesn't have any plans to run the project again but we will see what the future brings."