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| 2008/07/13 My wife's father suffered a stroke several years back and has been in nursing homes since then. He's wheelchair bound, mostly aphasic, obviously depressed.. a very sad and unhappy man. We visit him every Saturday to give him what comfort we can, spending hours talking to him, wheeling him here and there to give him some different scenery.. it's not much, but we hope it gives him some relief. Someone from the family visits each day, so he's never alone for long. He does seem to enjoy music. Another family member had brought in a CD player and we'd play that for him when it wouldn't disturb other residents. But the CD player had to be plugged in too, so recently I bought him an iPod Shuffle (second generation). The Shuffle has no screen; it plays its songs either randomly or sequentially. That's fine for him: he wouldn't be able to select songs anyway. As it holds 500 songs, a random selection should keep him amused without repetition, and the 12 hour play time for a full charge means that he can have it playing the entire four hours or so we spend with him. As these things are very inexpensive ($49.95), other family members could buy one, load theirs up with a different set of songs he enjoys, and he'd then have music a good part of every day.. I did have a little trouble with this. When you first connect it to iTunes, a window comes up with the choice "Register Later" or "Continue". I chose "Continue", but nothing happened ... |
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