Reading aloud about events from the past can help Alzheimerâs patients connect to the reader along with providing an entertaining diversion. I found that short essays about the past were best.
I don't know if the following pieces will work meet your customer's needs, but it may give her a place to start.
Best,
Anne Lemay
Head of Youth Services
Franklin Township Library
485 DeMott Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873
732-873-8700
Alzheimerâs Patient Outreach â Books to Read Aloud
Some selections that have been successful:
You Must Remember This: an oral history of Manhattan from the 1890s to World War II
By Jeff Kisseloff
P225 â Macombs Park and the Polo Grounds, watching the pre-Yankees baseball games, movie studios (used 9/11/07)
P203 â Christmas in the Depression (used 9/11/07)
P165 â parlors & corsets
P228 â early telephones
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
By Erma Bombeck
P17 â The Antique Dealer (used 9/11/07)
P40 â Barbie and Ken
P60 â Trick or Treat ⦠Sweetheart (used 9/11/07)
P105 â The Garage Sale
Forever, Erma
By Erma Bombeck
P36 â Working Momâs Telephone Crisis
P100 â The American Clothesline (used 9/11/07)
The Snake Has All the Lines
By Jean Kerr
P37 â Go, Josephine, in Your Flying Machine
P135 â My Wild Irish Mother
Bigger Than a Breadbox
By Steve Allen
Chapter 2: The War of the Worlds broadcast
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Subject: [njyac] Picturebooks for adult day care
From: Suzanne Klein <SKl...@EBPL.org>
Date: Wed, January 27, 2010 11:05 am
To: njy...@njstatelib.org
Hi, everyone --
We have a regular customer who volunteers to read aloud at an adult day care center. Many of the people she works with have conditions that have affected their ability to pay attention for a long period of time or fully understand what she's reading. She reads a lot of simple poetry to them and has even had some success with children's magazines, but picture books are the hardest category to find something that works.
If you've helped someone in a similar situation or can think of a title that's simple, not too wordy, but would not be condescending or unsophisticated for an adult audience, please send me your ideas!
Thanks,
Suzanne
Suzanne M. Klein
Youth Services Librarian
East Brunswick Public Library
2 Jean Walling Civic Center
E. Brunswick, NJ 08816
(732) 390-6789
skl...@ebpl.org<mailto:sklein@ebpl.org>
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