| Seniors embrace audio books for a variety
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| | In a room of thirty people, you will find
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| of reasons. If you plan activities for a
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| | thirty different mental images conceived
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| care home, consider adding audio books to
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| | from the same spoken words. The
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| your library. There's something
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| | creativity required provides necessary
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| comforting about having a story read to
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| | exercise for aging brains. A new audio
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| us. In many cases, our mothers or other
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| | book that is delighting seniors in care
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| treasured relatives pulled us up onto
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| | homes is "My First 100 Years!" by R.
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| warm laps, and read fairy tales, fables,
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| | Waldo McBurney. Mr. McBurney is a Kansas
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| and fantasies to us until we slept like
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| | beekeeper, who at 105-years of age still
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| the babes that we were, and so it's no
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| | works processing honey. He also has the
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| wonder now that hearing a story read is
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| | distinction of being the oldest person to
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| embraced by the seniors who experienced
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| | narrate his autobiography according to
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| it firsthand, and then performed it for
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| | the Audio Publishers Association. In this
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| their children and grandchildren. They
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| | new audio book, he tells of his early
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| were a generation of readers, but now,
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| | life on the western plains of Kansas
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| limitations might prevent them from
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| | before electricity, walking to a one-room
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| holding a book, turning its pages, or
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| | schoolhouse, and sharing the bath water
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| even seeing the words. For them, audio
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| | with siblings on Saturday nights. Elders
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| books can still provide access to
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| | can certainly identify with his
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| literature and stories that not only
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| | experiences, and you'll see nods of
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| entertains, but continues to make them
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| | agreement as the residents of your care
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| feel connected to life. By playing a
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| | home listen to the wisdom they will
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| chapter a day from an audio book, then
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| | recognize as parental. McBurney goes on
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| discussing it with those who are able,
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| | to chronicle his later track and field
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| cognitive skills are less likely to
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| | career in which he won numerous medals,
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| decline as rapidly, and your residents
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| | and set records. He tells of the
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| have something to anticipate for the next
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| | importance of good nutrition, faith,
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| day. It also gives them something to
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| | exercise, and a positive attitude, just a
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| discuss with their friends at a time when
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| | few of the twenty-one factors he cites as
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| subject material may be elusive. In a
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| | important to a person's longevity. He
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| care home, you don't hear discussions
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| | even plays the harmonica interludes
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| about happenings at the workplace, or
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| | between chapters. It will spark lively
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| weekend plans to the lake or mountains.
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| | discussions, bring back fond memories,
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| It's a time to live vicariously through
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| | and make your residents smile. "My First
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| stories, and stories are best delivered
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| | 100 Years" by R. Waldo McBurney ISBN:
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| via audio. Audio books are good for the
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| | 9780979467202 Approximately 2.5 hours on
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| imagination. When people watch a movie,
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| | 2 CDs Read by the author Available from
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| their brain doesn't have to work to
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| | where shipping is always free.
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| envision the scene. An audio book, on the
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| | Terry W. Lessig is a writer and audio
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| other hand, forces a listener to create
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| | publisher in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit our
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| their own visual picture of the
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| | audio bookstore, AudioBookMan or the
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| characters, and the setting as it is
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| | publisher's blog.
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| described or inferred through narration.
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