ElderCareRead Life Scenes 1
ElderCareRead Life Scenes 1 is a reading activity to improve cognitive ability in people with moderate to severe Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
ElderCareRead Life Scenes 1brings the gift of reading back to people who loved reading, but no longer can due to vision or confusion. The bookfacilitates communication and sparks conversation, and is a stimulating activity between a person with dementia and volunteers, staff or family members. The discussion questions on each page make the book an excellent group activity.
Providing hours of fun,
activity and discussion, this innovative book is geared to help people with dementia, who are no longer able to read because they can't process the dense information in newspapers, books or magazines or because they have vision problems, to read again. A 2-page introduction, including how to use this book and helpful hints on reading with people with dementia, is provided.
Purchase for $16.99 US. Volume discounts available and purchase orders accepted.
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About ElderCareRead Life Scenes 1
Because each reader is unique, with their own special abilities, likes and dislikes, each page has three “access points” described below. These are ways that the reader can use the ElderCareRead Life Scenes book.
1. The Photo: Each page features a large colour photograph depicting a scene from every day life. Based upon the reader's abilities or eyesight, you can look at the photograph together and ask the reader to describe the scene.
2. The Story Text: The story text describes the scene in the photograph. The text is printed in a large readable font, with ample space between each line for added readability. The sentences are short. You can read the story text to the person with dementia; alternatively you can encourage the reader to pick out and read only the words printed in blue in the larger font or to read all the text. Our experience is that even people who no longer read will have success reading this book.
3. The Trigger Questions: The Trigger Questions are located in the shaded box at the bottom of each page, denoted by large question marks. After reading the story text and/or discussing the photograph, you can ask the Trigger Questions. These questions spark conversation and are are designed to accommodate various ability levels. For example, some questions require only “yes” or “no” answers. Some questions require factual answers, such as describing an item as “green.” Some questions require answers that are subjective, such as “cold,” while other questions would require the reader to consider the emotion portrayed by a person in the scene. For those who are able to remember their past (or make up a great story!), each Trigger Question box ends with a “tell me a memory” question meant to trigger a memory based on the scene in the photograph.
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