Once an avid reader, crossword puzzle solver, active member of the community, car driver, home owner, this former independent person has lost a lot of confidence and is devestated by her increasing loss of sight in recent months. RNIB are soon to provide a package of practical resources - talking books, large button telephone etc. but she feels helpless to do things for herself and has suffered from depression as a result. I am looking for stimulating ideas that she could cope with and enjoy at the times when she is left to her own devices in her own home. She listens to music, plays patience and relies on others to help her with preparing food, shopping, laundry and housework. We have been enlarging crosswords and typing out clues in font size 48, but it takes longer to do this than she can solve them! There must be meaningful, challenging and achievable ways of her passing some of her spare time, at a when she feels that her world has fallen apart. Please help.
2007-03-13
08:02:32
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galluslass
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Mental Health