Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Patients
Support for Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Patients:
- Persons diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, dementia or other memory challenges, where they may lose their place and content read may be elusive or forgotten
- Persons diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, where tremors may prevent them from readily locating specific words and text lines to read
- Individuals who often lose (and struggle to re-locate) their places when reading
How these patients can use the tools with books, documents & some tech devices:
- After customizing the tools, the user can experience more visual comfort when reading.
- With the isolation of text lines, readers can improve their focus, attention, comprehension and retention of content read.
- Use to read for longer periods with more focusing support provided by the tools.
- Reading window directs the eyes to the next word or line of text, promoting left-to-right eye progression, pointing the way to new content and preventing loss of place in the content
- Use also with portable e-readers and tablets to read e-books and more for increased focus, comprehension and retention of content. (Protective film required for device screens to prevent scratching with this application
Example:
- More easily locate the next text line by moving the hand-held tool straight down the page. The left side of the Reading Window is open-ended, showing the reader where eyes should begin to read the next line of text. As a result, comprehension and retention will increase, too.
Recommended Products
For Individual Patient or Reader
Reading Focus Cards Set A—Asst. Colors (w/ 1 short & 1 long tool)
Reading Focus Cards Set B—Custom Colors (w/ 1 short & 1 long tool in customer’s choice of face colors)
4-Pk. Reading Focus Cards (Model #001 only)-Asst. Colors (For books w/ 2 text columns per page & e-readers)
4-Pk. Reading Focus Cards (Model #002 only)-Asst. Colors (For books w/ long lines of text only)
For the Classroom or Larger Groups
Reader’s Bundle (3 Reading Focus Card Sets A—incl. 6 tools)
Super Bundle (10 Reading Focus Card Sets A—incl. 20 tools)
4-Pk. Reading Focus Cards (Model #001 only)-Asst. Colors (For books w/ 2 text columns per page & e-readers)
4-Pk. Reading Focus Cards (Model #002 only)-Asst. Colors (For books w/ long lines of text only & e-tablets)