WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008 Lavender Ladies, a picture book for seniors Listen to audio | Download audio (7:56) (click image to enlarge) Check out your local bookstore or library and you’ll find lots of books for infants and toddlers with vivid images and bold colors. But, how about the elderly? A Vermont woman is creating [...]
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Others serving Elders in caring ways
There’s this great book by Lydia Burdick that serves the Alzheimer’s population in the form of a picture story. When I first came across her book, I was so thrilled to see that a picture book for elders had a representative in the specialty of Alzheimer’s. I encourage you to check out her books and [...]
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Lavender Ladies was a huge hit at the nursing home this past weekend. Upon reading about Turquoise Teenagers, Geri recalled how she didn’t date when she was a teen. “I was too tall, too smart and too skinny!” Pat remembered one of her favorite chores as a child was hanging laundry on the line when [...]
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