Enjoyable Time Spent Together
Spend time with your care receiver in mutually enjoyable activities. The Caregivers Support Kit, which the National Caregivers Foundation provides free to caregivers who call 1-800-930-1357, recommends two books with ideas for how to spend enjoyable time with your loved one:**
- Making the Moment Count: Leisure Activities for Caregiving Relationships, by Joanne Ardolf Decker, 1997, Johns Hopkins University Press, $14.95
- Failure-free Activities for the Alzheimer's Patient, Carmel Sheridan, 1995, Dell Books, $8.95.
Remember that a few moments spent together looking through an old photograph album, petting the dog or cat, listening to music, or watching your goldfish swim can be enjoyable for both of you.
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