Activities For The Blind Elderly

my grandpa is in his 80s and has gone blind rather quickly in the last 2 years (macular degeneration). it's been a big change for him as well as my family and my dad is now living with him as his caregiver. he's still a very sharp guy but he's not engaged in anything other than day-to-day activities and listening to the radio. i would really like to find a nice puzzle or game for him, or something like an audiotape/CD. i don't think he's really into novels, but he was delighted when my dad downloaded some old radio recordings (from the 50s i think). any suggestions?

I think the old radio recordings are a great idea! You could make a date to listen to some of the them with him after the holidays.

Here is a link to a website that sells recordings of old radio shows, and also links to some of my dad;s and a few of my own favorites. These were all done before I was born; but I've heard the recordings and they are fun. You also might want to ask your grandfather which radio shows he liked to listen to.

OTRCat.com
Old Time Radio Show Catalog
http://www.otrcat.com/?gclid=CN2VqaTXl5c CFQOjFQodPDXDIw

Will Rogers program
http://www.otrcat.com/will-rogers-p-1985 .html

Burns and Allen
http://www.otrcat.com/burns-allen-p-1148 .html

Jack Benny
http://www.otrcat.com/jack-benny-p-1422. html

Red Skelton
http://www.otrcat.com/red-skelton-p-1764 .html

Duffy's Tavern
http://www.otrcat.com/duffys-tavern-p-12 15.html

The Saint, detective show, with Vincent Price
http://www.otrcat.com/saint-vincent-pric e-p-1963.html

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
http://www.otrcat.com/philipmarlowe-p-17 27.html

Lone Ranger-serial, western
http://www.otrcat.com/lone-ranger-p-1521 .html

Ray Bradbury-Science Fiction
http://www.otrcat.com/bradbury-collectio n-p-1134.html

2008-11-27 23:04:03 by EmilyCat

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Things New and Wonderful!

Jehovah certainly gave us a splendid home when he prepared the earth for human life. He himself said that all his earthly work was “very good.” (Genesis 1:31) Satan the Devil led Adam and Eve into rebellion. (Genesis 3:1-5; Revelation 12:9) However, God will soon see to it that the upright have “the real life.” That is “everlasting life” under perfect conditions in Paradise. (1 Timothy 6:12, 19) Let us now consider some of the blessings that will be enjoyed at that time.

During Christ’s Thousand Year Reign, Satan will be restrained and will be unable to bring woe upon humankind. Says the apostle John: “I saw an angel [the archangel Michael, or Jesus Christ] coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended.” (Revelation 20:1-3; 12:12) Besides freedom from Satan’s influence while he is abyssed, mankind will enjoy many other blessings under Kingdom rule.

Wickedness, violence, and warfare will be things of the past. The Bible promises: “Just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; and you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace. The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:10, 11, 29) Jehovah God ‘will make wars cease to the ends of the earth.’ (Psalm 46:9) What wonderful assurances of security and peace!

An abundance of healthful and delicious food will be on our tables. “There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth,” sang the psalmist. “On the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.” (Psalm 72:16) At that time, no one will have to endure dreadful pangs of hunger.
Miraculous healing of a blind man Miraculous healing of an elderly man

Nobody will suffer from illness and disease. Indeed, “no resident will say: ‘I am sick.’” (Isaiah 33:24; 35:5, 6) When Jesus Christ was on the earth, he cured lepers and healed the lame and the blind. (Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:40-42; John 5:5-9) Imagine what he will do in the new world! Think of the happiness there will be when the blind, the deaf, the lame, and the speechless are healed.

As obedient mankind advances to human perfection, the ravages of aging will be reversed. Gone will be eyeglasses, canes, crutches, wheelchairs, hospitals, and medicines. What changes there will be as our youthful vigor is restored! (Job 33:25) Each morning, we will awake from a good night’s sleep, refreshed and ready to start another day of joyful activity.
A woman rejoicing over the resurrection

The resurrection of loved ones and others will bring joy to our hearts. (John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15) How thrilling it will be to welcome Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Job, Moses, Ruth, David, Elijah, Esther, and so many more! Millions of others will also be resurrected. Most of them never learned about Jehovah, but they will be welcomed by people eager to teach them about God, his purposes, and his Son, Jesus Christ. As resurrected ones come to know their Creator, the knowledge of Jehovah will truly cover the earth.

Best of all, we will be able to worship the only true God forever. We will be privileged to “serve Jehovah with rejoicing,” and we will work together harmoniously as we build beautiful homes, till the soil and, ultimately, subdue the whole earth. (Psalm 100:1-3; Isaiah 65:21-24) What a delight it will be to live forever in a productive, peaceful, and beautiful paradise that brings honor to Jehovah’s holy name!—Psalm 145:21; John 17:3.
A Final Test for Mankind

During his Thousand Year Reign, Jesus will apply the benefits of his ransom sacrifice to every obedient human. In time, all sin will thus be removed, and mankind will be lifted to human perfection. (1 John 2:2; Revelation 21:1-4) With the effects of Adam’s sin completely gone, perfect humans will meet God’s standards physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually. They will thus “come to life” in the fullest sense when they reach sinless perfection. (Revelation 20:5) How this and the Paradise earth will glorify Jehovah!

For a short time after Christ’s Thousand Year Reign has ended, Satan the Devil and his demons, or wicked angels, will be released from the abyss into which they were cast some ten centuries earlier. (Revelation 20:1-3) They will be allowed to make a final effort to turn people away from God. Although some people will give in to wrong desires, this rebellion will fail. Jehovah will execute the selfish ones along with Satan and all his demons. Wickedness will never again arise. All wrongdoers will be gone forever, and the righteous will receive life everlasting.—Revelation 20:7-10.
Will You Be There?

An eternity of happiness lies before those who love Jehovah God. There will be nothing boring about everlasting life in Paradise. In fact, life will get more interesting with the passing of time, for there is no limit to the knowledge of Jehovah God. (Romans 11:33) You will always have something new to learn, and you will have plenty of time to take in knowledge. Why? Because you will live, not for just 70 or 80 years, but for eternity.—Psalm 22:26; 90:10; Ecclesiastes 3:11.

If you love God, you will always be very happy doing his will. The apostle John wrote: “This is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome.” (1 John 5:3) So let nothing stop you when it comes to pleasing Jehovah God by doing what is righteous. Keep in mind the wonderful hope that God’s Word, the Bible, places before you. Set your heart on doing Jehovah’s will, and never turn aside from that course. Then you will be there when God’s purpose for the earth is fulfilled and our global home has become an eternal paradise.
A happy family living in Paradise

The vast majority (literally more than 99.9%*) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.
.. ..(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]
.. ..(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]

Interestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.
(Psalms 37:11) 'the meek will possess the earth'
(Proverbs 2:21) 'upright will reside in the earth'
(Isaiah 45:18) 'God formed the earth to be inhabited'
(Matthew 5:5) 'the mild will inherit the earth'
(Revelation 21:3) The tent of God is with mankind

2008-06-20 07:08:18 by RENEE C B

its on sleep and i only have 5 pages, can u think of anything else i can write about?

i have REM and NREM
sleep importance
sleep disorders
types of dreams
dream content
mind and body
stages of sleep


here's my paper so far

What better way to spend one-third of your life than sleeping? Sleeping is more complex then people may think. There are actually two different kinds of sleep. The mind and body are more active then people could imagine. There are different stages at which people sleep during. Sleep is necessary to live. Even though it is important does not mean there are no disadvantages. There are different kinds of sleep disorders that many people have been diagnosed with. What else to do during sleep than dream? There are many things about dreams that people would not even think about knowing. There are different types of dreams that people have. Sleeping is more involved than just laying your head on a pillow and closing your eyes.
People sleep while having either rapid eye movement (REM) or non rapid eye movement (NREM). REM is considered the "dream time" because that is when most of our dreams occur. REM is common to everyone in the world, including blind people. Twenty to twenty-five percent of REM time is when we have our dreams. While newborns have large REM periods and young children have short REM periods, the elderly have slower rhythms of REM.
NREM is the rest of the time in which REM stops. People can still dream during this time. The dreams are little, thinking dreams while you're brain thinks of the upcoming dreams. The activity in our body and mind slows but not all the way off.
The mind is always awake when we sleep and when we are awake, that is why the mind so active. People can't think about what they will dream before they go to sleep, dreaming is involuntary. The more time people spend not dreaming, the next time they go to bed is when they'll make up for all of the dreams that they missed out on. The mental activity that is had during sleep is when people dream. The dreams seem more real during REM than NMREM because more mental activity is going on. The mind when people are sleeping is exactly how it acts when the person is awake. People's brain acts on its own so that people absolutely can't decide what they will dream about. People can still taste, smell, hear, and feel pain while they are sleeping, and it may affect the dream they are having. People absolutely have to have dreams to live.
While the mind is awake, the body is considered asleep, but the brain doesn't stop working. Muscular activity had could be included to what the people are doing in their dream. When someone's eyes move, it means there is brain activity, which equals dreaming. The body's heart beats and the lungs breath, but the breathing is fast and not smooth. The moment a person starts moving again is when the dream has ended. The wrist muscles are also active while people are sleeping, while the limb muscles don't move. In 80% of dreams, there are movements in the lower body.
There are four stages in which people sleep during. Stage one is between five and ten minutes long. The eyes move slowly around even though the person isn't sleeping yet. The REMs aren't continuous and the eyes can only move left-right and up-down. People can easily be awoken during stage one. Unclear thoughts can run across the mind while starting to go on to stage two.
Stage two is considered a light sleep. You are still easily awoken and if you are, there is no memory of what happened while you were sleeping. If you aren't awoken though, the eyes don't continue to move. The rate at which the heart beats slows down and the body temperature decreases, also.
Stage three and stage four are almost the same, they are considered deep sleep. This is the time period in which children wet the bed, have night terrors, and sleep walk. The heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and the body the temperature all decrease ever more than in stage two. There is no body movement during these two stages. Though we are not awoken easily, it may take a couple of minutes to become less groggy. During stage four only, loud noises that are everyday don't bother the sleeper and if someone was awoken, their mind would be blank.
As we start to dream in stage three and four, the visions seem as real as they would in real life. Our breathing is irregular, going from fast to slow. The body doesn't move and the muscles relax. Our blood pressure and heart rate increase and are going at irregular rates. Neurons near our eyes tell our body when it is time to fall asleep.
Sleep is vital to living. Each age group has a different amount of time that we need to sleep. Infants should sleep sixteen hours a day. Children need at least ten hours a night. Teens should sleep about nine hours per night. Adults should have seven to eight hours per night while elders need nine hours. Sleep is needed to recall old memories. To have a happier mood. To let our body and mind grow. Also, to strengthen our immune systems so that we aren't sick more than we should be.
Sleep disorders can be classified in three different groups: insomnia, sleep apnea, and narcolepsy. Insomnia is when people sleep less often than they should, which is the most common disorder among people, especially women and elderly. Sleep apnea is when people stop breathing for short periods of time. Narcolepsy is when people sleep more often than they should, and they get tired in the middle of the day. These disorders can be controlled by medicine or going to therapy. Falling asleep and waking up are controlled by changes in the body.
Insomnia happens in almost everybody. Some have it longer than others, though. People can get insomnia by having stress, pain, or depression. Acute insomnia is when people have trouble sleeping from a few weeks to six months every single night. Transient insomnia is less serious than acute insomnia. Transient insomnia only lasts from a day to a few weeks. Transient insomnia can be caused by an overworked mind or a physical pain. In rare cases, people have a hereditary sleeping disorder call fatal familial insomnia, in which the person can not fall asleep. After the person has been diagnosed with that disorder, the people usually have about two years left to live.
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder where people do not breath during sleep. There are three kinds of Sleep Apnea. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common one. OSA is caused by breathing obstruction. Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) is when the brain delays to tell the body to breathe. CSA is caused by a stroke, a brain tumor or other malfunctions with the brain. Mixed Sleep Apnea (MSA) is a combination of OSA and CSA. MSA is when the throat collapses and no air gets to the lungs. The treatment for MSA is a combination from the treatment for OSA and the treatment for CSA.
Narcolepsy is the sleep disorder when people sleep too much. Narcolepsy is incurable. People with narcolepsy have a desire to sleep at any time during the day. Dogs have also been diagnosed with narcolepsy.
Dreams are like a play. Dreams have characters and a setting. The main character is usually the dreamer. They can be a bystander just watching the action, too. The action almost always happens to the dreamer. If the dreamer has little REM, then the dreamer has a passive role in the dream. Usually there are other characters included in the dream. Forty percent of the characters are new, but you have seen them before, just never talked to them. The characters can all change into some one else and the dreamer would not notice. The dreamer is the only person that makes the dreams up. Outside influences can be in the dream, but would not be a big factor. When you are dreaming, you are neither sleeping nor awake.
Dreams usually have more of negative emotions than positive ones. Dreams begin with problems, most of them do not get solved, though. They can be recurring or a single one. The ideas from dreams can be from memories. It can be about your daily life if it is playing during REM, or about the future if it is during NREM. If you have watched a violent film, the dreams are usually more creative and exciting. The setting of a dream is often familiar, maybe one that you see everyday or a new one you just drove by. Most dreams are either boring or not happy. Dreams are briefer than in real life, so that it is like you are going in fast forward but you can't really tell. A dream length can be from ten minutes to an hour or more long. People usually have four or more dreams a night.
There are five different kinds of dreams that people have. The most common one is called an ordinary dream. It is either from a thought from the day or from a forgotten memory. Another kind is called a lucid dream. When you figure out that you are in a dream and you can control what is going to happen. The next is a telepathic dream. A telepathic dream is when people can speak to the dead. It can also be two living people talking to each other between their minds. Another kind of dream is a premonitory dream. A premonitory dream tells the future, it can also tell about an upcoming event. The last type of dream is a nightmare. A nightmare is a fear of something that you dream about. The dreamer is scared and can be hurt. A nightmare can also be about an unsolved problem from the past that you had forgotten about. The dreamer is not fully alert as to what is going on in the nightmare. Also, the dreamer can't protect themselves from what is going to happen, which may be why the dreamer is so frightened. Nightmares seem "real" like it is happening to the dreamer in real life. A kind of nightmare is a night terror, which is what children have. During a night terror, the child feels like they can not breath and they have overwhelming anxiety. The child can't move which makes them even more scared.

medications for sleep aid, both prescribed , & Over The Counter (OTC) and their potential side effects

longitudinal studies on sleep

alternative methods for treating sleep disorders

repetitive dreams

Personally, I would begin my essay like this:

Throughout history, sleep has been a much discussed topic by people ranging from poets, musicians, to scientists. This is evidence of the importance of sleep. Even in our earliest recorded books and plays, sleep, and its impact on mankind has been documented.

Then, I would tie in my quotes, poetry, & songs.
sleep
in quotes:Hamlet:
"To sleep, perchance to dream-
ay, there's the rub."
http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes /sleep-perchance-dream

in poetry:
To sleep
O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleased eyes, embowered from the light,
Enshaded in forgetfulness divine:


~http://www.geocities.com/plt_2000plt_us/ englam/kts-92.html

sleep mentioned in song~I'm Only Sleeping~The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bTlZDZOj -8

lyrics:
When I wake up early in the morning,
Lift my head, I'm still yawning
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream

Please don't wake me, no
don't shake me
Leave me where I am
I'm only sleeping

http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Beatles%2 0Lyrics/I'm%20Only%20Sleeping%20Lyrics.h tml


in Science:
“I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.”
Rene Descartes quotes (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Scientist, 1596-1650)

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_am_acc ustomed_to_sleep_and_in_my_dreams_to/224 500.html

Click here for UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Education for their collection of "The Best of the Web" 20 websites on sleep:
http://www.learnnc.org/bestweb/search?ph rase=sleep

It is my humble opinion that this would make your paper more readable, more interesting, & set it apart from the other students' papers. With all due respect, you need to change this sentence:

"There are different kinds of sleep disorders that many people have been diagnosed with." to

"Many people have been diagnosed with different types of sleep disorders."

It is grammatically incorrect to end sentences with prepositions. You've done a good job with your paper. I hope this helps, & I hope you get an A! :)

2008-03-16 12:22:40 by Si