The national audiobook charity, Listening Books, provide an audiobook library service to 36,000 adults and children who struggle to read or hold printed books due to an illness, disability or learning difficulties.
They're currently offering free subscriptions for people living with dementia and their carers and relatives. Take a look below for more information:
You can read more about the charity and browse their library here: www.listening-books.org.uk
Please let us know if you have any questions
Best wishes,
Dementia Support Forum Team
They're currently offering free subscriptions for people living with dementia and their carers and relatives. Take a look below for more information:
Listening Books is passionate about making books accessible to everyone and for many of our members, our audiobooks not only provide a link to the wonderful world of literature but can be a relief from pain or anxiety, lifting them out of what are often challenging circumstances. We currently have funding to offer free membership places to people who would find their usual membership fees (which range from £20 to £45 a year) a barrier to joining the service. These places are open to anybody with a print impairment.
The service caters for children and adults with a wide variety of print impairments including those with Alzheimer’s, as well as those with sight problems, those who struggle to hold a book or turn its pages due to frailty or manual dexterity problems and those who struggle to concentrate or recall what they have read due to an illness such as depression. Listening Books are happy to offer free places to people with dementia, as well as any eligible carers or family members.
We have over 7,000 titles covering a wide range of both fiction and non-fiction to cater for varying tastes, ranging from classics, crime and biographies to contemporary novels, plays and travel.
Titles are available to borrow on MP3 CD sent though the post, download or stream online.
You can read more about the charity and browse their library here: www.listening-books.org.uk
Please let us know if you have any questions
Best wishes,
Dementia Support Forum Team
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