Pennsylvania Seniors with Alzheimer’s or Dementia Can Still Enjoy Reading
BrightStar Care of North Bucks Recommends The Following Picture Books For Adults with Alzheimer’s
Seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia might still enjoy reading, but often find regular books and magazines frustrating. To solve this problem, we found 4 engaging books that were created specifically for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Fun, engaging activities like reading improve quality of life and can reduce agitation, challenging behavior, and bad moods.It’s important that activities for seniors with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other types of cognitive impairment are specially designed to make them feel successful. For example, it wouldn’t be fun for someone with dementia to struggle with a story from a regular book or magazine. It would be a frustrating, negative experience. That’s why these Simple Pleasures for Special Seniors picture books work so well.
We recommend reading the following picture books aloud, or with your loved ones to help boost their memory and brain activity.
1. Fun Foods, by Dan Koffman
2. Hand Tools, by Dan Koffman
3. Life In the US Military, by Dan Koffman
BrightStar suggests that in order to get the most out of these picture books help your older adult out by trying the following tips:
- Be patient – linger on the pages
- Look for facial responses: eyes widened, smiles, thoughtfulness
- Listen for responses: laughter, any sound, a comment
- If they linger or smile at a particular image, use that as a cue to ask a simple question like:
> What thoughts does this picture give you?
> What feelings does this picture give you?
> Tell me a story about a ‘peach’ (or whatever the picture is)
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BrightStar Care of North Bucks provides a full continuum of private duty Alzheimer’s care services comprised of companionship, personal care, transportation, medication assistance, skilled nursing and more to improve the lives of those living with Dementia.