She recently had a stroke and cannot move her left (dominant) hand. My mom just loves to read and it would make all the difference in her current life at a rehab facility, where she has lots of downtime. I bought her a book stand, but she does not have the dexterity to use it properly. She can't operate the TV remote either (and isn't really into TV anyway). She is also not interested in books on tape, and even if she was, that would require being able to manipulate an iPod or a tape player, both of which are also impossible. Someone could read aloud to her, but it's not the same as being able to read on your own for as long as you want to. This is such a bummer. Is there any device that could help?
I believe that the Library of Congress has audio book devices that are very easy to operate and that they loan out. Not only books but magazines and newspapers may be accessed. I haven't looked into that for many years, but I suggest it as a resource that might be worth exploring.
Books on a screen, such as Kindle or Nook or an iPad, etc. do not require turning pages. They might need someone to set them up and get Mom to a good starting point, but possibly she could manipulate the pages from there.
I can understand how important this is to her quality of life, and it is worth working on!
if not , they can be found at stores called " low vision store " .
Is it possible that mom is having some visual field problems, comprehension problems, difficulties with procedural skills (what order to do things in?) I had a friend whose dad couldn't read the way he used to because of a very subtle visual processing issue that caused him not to be able to tell where the end of the line of print was (we solved that by having him put a Post It note at the end of the line.
Talk to mom's therapists about this and you may uncover some issues and some solutions.