She can't walk very good. She is understandably depressed. Her mind is good. I don't know what to do with her. We can't go to a movie. A drive does her no good, she can't see. We can't play games...she can't see it. I don't know what to do for entertainment. She can't read. She watches TV allll dayyy longgg. (its fuzzy but she likes the "talk noise".)
My dad loves the science channel and any other channel that is information related. We have recently learned that we can rent a wheelchair minivan for a day, so our plan is to take him to a sensory garden that is close by, which I think he will enjoy. He has always been an outdoors kind of guy. He is not interested in books on tape because he's not interested in faction and non-fiction books often have diagrams that are referred to that can't be seen. But if you think your mother would be interested in recorded books, they are available for free for the blind through the Library of Congress. They even supply the equipment. Your local library might be able to help you hook up with this service. My dad's hearing issues are usually related to a build-up of wax in his ears. Perhaps a regularly scheduled ear wax cleaning would help your mom. If she is wearing hearing aids, there are now Bluetooth devices that can enhance her hearing with a microphone for another person to wear, or to put close to the TV so the volume of the TV doesn't have to be so high. Hope some of these suggestions help.
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