Hi
Just a small question, I think. It puzzles me that while I know that mam can still read (she reads newspaper or magazine headlines, junk mail, posters, road signs etc out loud as though they are vitally important) yet she doesn't make any effort to read for her amusement or occupation.
I knew I was going to be looking after her for a bit the other day, and I thought she might like to look through our local nostalgia paper, so I bought one and left it lying on the sofa where she could easily get it. She did notice it, picked it up, read the title and the headlines, and agreed that yes, she'd like to have a look at it, thanks, then promptly put it down without even opening it. A couple of reminders that it was there just made her do the same thing twice more, so I gave up, eventually realising that she wasn't going to read it. I thought she might have liked to look at the photos, even if she didn't read the articles, but she made no effort with it at all.
It's just puzzled me and I wondered if anyone else has had the same experience?
It would certainly help dad if she could occupy herself with a magazine for half an hour occasionally, but it's obviously not going to happen any more and I wondered why.
Just a small question, I think. It puzzles me that while I know that mam can still read (she reads newspaper or magazine headlines, junk mail, posters, road signs etc out loud as though they are vitally important) yet she doesn't make any effort to read for her amusement or occupation.
I knew I was going to be looking after her for a bit the other day, and I thought she might like to look through our local nostalgia paper, so I bought one and left it lying on the sofa where she could easily get it. She did notice it, picked it up, read the title and the headlines, and agreed that yes, she'd like to have a look at it, thanks, then promptly put it down without even opening it. A couple of reminders that it was there just made her do the same thing twice more, so I gave up, eventually realising that she wasn't going to read it. I thought she might have liked to look at the photos, even if she didn't read the articles, but she made no effort with it at all.
It's just puzzled me and I wondered if anyone else has had the same experience?
It would certainly help dad if she could occupy herself with a magazine for half an hour occasionally, but it's obviously not going to happen any more and I wondered why.