It is not uncommon for patient's who have been critically ill do have long periods during their stay that they can not recall. This may be due to the nature of their illness or the medication used in their medical support. This can be overwhelming and many patient's have found it helpful to read a diary of their time in ICU in their own time.

Revive has supported the provision of diaries for families and clinical staff to add information they feel would help in the healing process.