Here are some suggestions for visiting provided by my partners speech therapist
Sometimes talking can be very tiring. You might find it useful to do activities which do not rely heavily on talking when people come to visit.
Some ideas might be:
• Going for a walk
• Cooking together
• Spending time in the garden
• Listening to music
• Going for a drive somewhere
Communication Activities
When having conversations it might be useful to base them around some visual cues to take the pressure off the words, some examples might be:
• Looking through some photos together
• Watching small amounts of TV and pausing for breaks
• Looking through recipes and discussing them
• Reading aloud newspaper articles etc that would be of interest to Carol
• Bringing along items related to what you have been doing eg. photos of a recent trip
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hi steve
ReplyDeletethe gyuto monks are in town til 15 sept
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I was thinking carol might find this enjoyable. I think you could park next to the pavilion (it is at mawson pavilion).
much love
jen
I meant to say I went there today and it was great. I'm intending to go most days. I could help sort out the parking issue etc if that was useful.
ReplyDeletemy mobile is 0414 632 537.
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jen