Reading and Dementia

Today I found this interesting article about the reading and dementia.
Reading aloud to groups of people with dementia has been found to stimulate memories and imagination. Katie Clark runs Reader groups with dementia patients
The Reader runs groups with disadvantaged people of all ages and the anthology – A Little, Aloud – features the stories and poems that have proved most popular, together with anecdotes about the people who have enjoyed them.
"So I sat down a safe distance away and said, 'I'm just going to try reading this poem. If you don't like it that's fine, but let's see what you think of it.'
Clark says poetry seems to work better than prose with dementia patients. "When you read poetry aloud, you slow down. Every line is full of meaning, condensed down. At the end, people will often go back and reread one line several times."
"If one person is reading aloud, at the end the others sometimes clap or say well done. I think that's really moving."
"It's really hard when family members have developed dementia. They can't remember the people you're talking about, or even what day it is. You want to go and visit people and have a nice time with them, but what do you talk about? The book is a wonderful resource for sharing something together."
This article provides a very useful information treating somehow people with demential because sometimes most people doesn`t know to go on with those who have demential.
You can get more information in this link http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/05/reading-aloud-dementia-patients
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