A Loving Voice: A Caregiver's Book of Read-Aloud Stories for the Elderly (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816156204 ISBN 13: 9780816156207

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1993

Synopsis

Presents a collection of 52 stories and poems that adult day care workers can read aloud to elderly patients.

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Review:

Anyone who has spent time caring for the bed-ridden knows that boredom and melancholia are among the side-effects of illness, especially in old age. Sometimes not much alleviates real despair, but one of the best all-round helps is reading aloud. This anthology of mostly original stories, anecdotes, memories and poems is geared to pieces that evoke nostalgic, happy memories and warm feelings of the past. Among the contributors are notable authors like Louise Erdrich and Shelby Hearon but many of the best pieces are by unfamiliar writers who deserve to be better known. --Washington Post

A tender loving voice reaching out to the disabled, the bedridden elderly, the Alzheimer's patient. --The Senior Beacon

About this edition

• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0816156204
• ISBN 13: 9780816156207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: Banks Carolyn, Rizzo Janis