My mother’s just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and reading will be a great activity for her to keep her exercise her memory and language processing, but she isn’t a usual reader.
She previously worked in a hospital as an OR nurse and later in OR management, so she has an interest in that field—however, I would rather suggest something for her that’s more of an “escape,” and I don’t think it would be helpful for her to read about anything Alzheimer-centric or something that may be depressing.
Can anyone suggest a kind of “entry level” read, ones that’s engaging but not too challenging, and is ideally something that may be funny, uplifting, or just not a bummer? Anything from fiction to non-fiction.
by ssstelllarrr
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I would say In Dreams by Nora Roberts
My mom has always been an avid reader, but she has dementia now and can get easily confused. One of the things she struggles with is if there’s too many characters to keep track of. She also doesn’t do well with books that jump between timelines.
Cozy mysteries like Agatha Christie’s are often a good choice (my 89 year old parent likes em).
James Herriot’s books are also pretty great.