Re: Reading skills in LBD

[Guest guest]

i made a huge poster size calenar for daddy as he wanted to kow the day fo the

week/ monty etc,  like first grade teachers did. 

 

on the top of it was the month in big letters, and hte year 

 

below that was the date in big letters, 

below that was the day fo the week but in a fun way

 

magic monday

terrific tuesday

witty wednesday ,

thrilling thrusday

fun friday

silly saturday

sunny sunday

 

at the nrusing home they too k my idea and expanded on it, ptu a place for

watehr clouds hghad cloud writting on it,m

sunny writtign on a sun,

dots for raining

flakes for snowing

tress blwoing for windy etc, 

 

daddy loved to read it and every day woudl practice it,  he alos sloved to read

my tshirts or donnies tshirt so we made a big deal about  buying shrits with

sayings on them   hugs. sharon

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Subject: Re: Reading skills in LBD

To: LBDcaregivers

Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 4:18 AM

 

Leona - I'm stealing that quote for my 'quote of the day' on the LBDA Facebook

page I manage - FYI

I was always trying things with my mom for her to continue to read. It was the

books & newspapers she couldn't read (too much info?) so I'd do flash cards and

other word games. Here's a few links of what I tried:

Finish Lines Board Game

Finish Lines - " where players compete to finish famous lines " . E.g. " If at first

you don't succeed... FINISH: try, try again. " " It's not whether you win or

lose... FINISH: it's how you play the game. "

http://www.game-board.com/game.html

AliMed

Look at the " Speech Products " section -- lots of items available to help with

Aphasia including flash cards. There are many other categories too that should

help in many areas that afflict those with LBD.

http://www.alimed.com/

Speech Therapy Resources

If your loved one has a communication, cognitive or memory problem, these

resources will provide you many hours of communication and connection. Share

these resources with any professional that may be involved in the care of a

loved one. (These therapy books were proven to be successful with my mom. Go to

the site and click the different links available -- there are FREE sample pages

to download, so you can see for yourself if these will work for your loved one.

)

http://www.vnsa.com/CommunicationProducts/Default.aspx

Help with Communication

List of Links that may help...

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LBDcaregivers/message/52649

>

> I had forgotten all about this but we were always amazed when Ray could

> still read something he saw on TV or in a paper lying around. He always was

> picking up papers and " organizing " when he was still at home. All of a

> sudden he would say a word that was there on the TV or newspaper and so we

> knew he still had things together enough to be able to read. It was amazing.

> I suppose sometimes he couldn't have. Kind of like the " showboating " we talk

> about, it would come and go. I wonder now as you bring this back to me if he

> could have read something like the large print in children's books? I am

> glad I check the LBD list nearly everyday--things remind me of the good

> things as well as the worst. Last Thurs. was Ray's birthday, this is what I

> posted on my facebook page: " As long as hearts remember, as long as hearts

> still care. We never part with those we love--they're with us everywhere. "

> Anon. Many remember Ray and care and so we find him everywhere!! His memory

> comforts me on his birthday and always.

> Thank you to the organizers and people who keep this going. You are

> lifesavers for all of us as we go through the LBD battle.

>

> Leona: Caregiver for husband Ray, age 68, diagnosed 2/04 with Parkinson's

> Disease. Changed doctors, diagnosed 6/06 with LBD. Almost continual downhill

> slide no matter what drugs we try. 5/2/08 Ray was placed in Sunrise Nursing

> Home in Oswego, NY, 1 hour from home. So far, so good! Hardest thing I have

> ever done in my life, however. 3/19/09 transferred to Samaritan Keep NH in

> Watertown, NY closer to home. He passed peacefully at 5:18 am on April 14,

> 2009. I am handling it OK.

>

>

>

> 'Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone you don't

> want to live without.'

>

[Guest guest]

Leona,

Bless you for still being part of this group.  Based on your thoughts,I think I

might try getting my Mother some children's books for Christmas, and I will buy

some children's books to be placed in the memory care unit in the care center

where my Mother now lives  Hopefully some of the residents residents will

respond positively to these books.  What a great idea!.  

Subject: Reading skills in LBD

To: LBDcaregivers

Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 9:55 AM

 

I had forgotten all about this but we were always amazed when Ray could

still read something he saw on TV or in a paper lying around. He always was

picking up papers and " organizing " when he was still at home. All of a

sudden he would say a word that was there on the TV or newspaper and so we

knew he still had things together enough to be able to read. It was amazing.

I suppose sometimes he couldn't have. Kind of like the " showboating " we talk

about, it would come and go. I wonder now as you bring this back to me if he

could have read something like the large print in children's books? I am

glad I check the LBD list nearly everyday--things remind me of the good

things as well as the worst. Last Thurs. was Ray's birthday, this is what I

posted on my facebook page: " As long as hearts remember, as long as hearts

still care. We never part with those we love--they're with us everywhere. "

Anon. Many remember Ray and care and so we find him everywhere!! His memory

comforts me on his birthday and always.

Thank you to the organizers and people who keep this going. You are

lifesavers for all of us as we go through the LBD battle.

Leona: Caregiver for husband Ray, age 68, diagnosed 2/04 with Parkinson's

Disease. Changed doctors, diagnosed 6/06 with LBD. Almost continual downhill

slide no matter what drugs we try. 5/2/08 Ray was placed in Sunrise Nursing

Home in Oswego, NY, 1 hour from home. So far, so good! Hardest thing I have

ever done in my life, however. 3/19/09 transferred to Samaritan Keep NH in

Watertown, NY closer to home. He passed peacefully at 5:18 am on April 14,

2009. I am handling it OK.

'Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone you don't

want to live without.'