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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:43 pm | |
| ive been to see my grandad today... its only been a few months since i last saw him and i was surprised to see how fast his health had declined ... it was so sad to see him like that and one of the saddest things was him telling me that the one thing he had left to occupy his mind was his painting and he can no longer do that because he cant control his shaking ... so he pretty much has nothing to do but watch the telly ive been googling books for him to read or audio tapes or whatever they are called now ... i want to find him large print factual books with lots of pictures .... or even a book of just pictures such as sea scapes or hillsides and sunsets or maybe a book of pictures which comes with a cd that narrates i dont know what to put into google to find such things ... anyone got any ideas i want to send him something through the post a.s.a.p cos i wont be able to settle until i have, i cant get the image of him out of my head... i live too far away to help out with looking after him, at least if i can do this little something he will know im doing my bit | |
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Judes Admin
Number of posts : 11943 Age : 67 Location : Whitley Bay Rep : 37 Points : 17162 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:32 pm | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:37 pm | |
| cheers jude i'll have a look now .... hes the only grandad ive ever known, my other grandad died when i was very young .. he organised the towns firework display every year,and he was also the santa who used to come round at xmas on his sleigh bless him | |
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Maz
Number of posts : 253 Age : 52 Location : Derby Rep : 3 Points : 5437 Registration date : 2010-04-19
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:58 pm | |
| Shelley..what sorta Audio Books do you want as we have lots of them, we have autobigraphies and also non-fiction if they are of any help.
Know how you feel about your grandad, it isnt nice seeing them get more and more poorly....I went through it with my grandad for 2 weeks, up until he passed away, it was awful seeing him deteriorate so quickly.
Does he have parkinsons? as you mentioned shaking...my grandad did too but it affected his legs as well so he kinda danced/shuffled when walking.
If the audio books are of use let me know, you may need to come up and look through them..they are all on cd btw
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:02 pm | |
| ooh right that would be brill hun ... im not sure what he would like unless i came across it if you kwim he doesnt have parkinsons, not that i have been told anyway ... he also loses his speech sometimes too ... its awful to see | |
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Maz
Number of posts : 253 Age : 52 Location : Derby Rep : 3 Points : 5437 Registration date : 2010-04-19
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:18 pm | |
| autobigraphies we have dawn french, anne robinson, terry wogan, one of the attenboroughs (not sure which) dickie bird plus others as well
fiction we have terry pratchett, tolkien, stephen king, mary clark, andy mcnab plus many many more so if there is a certain author let me know and i will look.
how far away is he from you? you can only do so much unfortunately but know doubt whatever you can do he will love it, I was lucky as i knew both my grandads, one died in 2001 and my other in March this year I was close to both but moreso the latter as he and my nan helped my dad raise my brother and I | |
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BrenA
Number of posts : 7509 Location : Forton Rep : 64 Points : 13506 Registration date : 2009-01-17
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:08 pm | |
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hilary bradshaw
Number of posts : 2629 Age : 65 Location : st. helens, merseyside Rep : 24 Points : 8673 Registration date : 2009-08-04
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:19 am | |
| you are a wonderful grandaughter | |
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Sandra Admin
Number of posts : 20040 Age : 61 Location : Ammanford Rep : 22 Points : 22521 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:31 pm | |
| Aww Shell its wonderful what your trying to do hun Where are any paintings he has done? Could you put them onto something like a digi frame for him? You could also take other pics he may like on it, set it to slideshow? | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:54 pm | |
| - Maz wrote:
how far away is he from you? this is the trouble ... he and my nan live 22 miles away ... so its not a quick bus ride over there maybe instead of borrowing one marie ... you could point me in the right direction of where i can get some from ... the attenborough one sounds interesting ... and maybe one about the peak district ... he would like that then i wouldnt have to worry about making sure you get them back - Sandra wrote:
- Aww Shell its wonderful what your trying to do hun
Where are any paintings he has done? Could you put them onto something like a digi frame for him? You could also take other pics he may like on it, set it to slideshow?
i have a digi frame he could have tbh ... i could fnd loads of scenic pictures on the internet ... save them and put them onto a memory stick and transfer them to an sd card | |
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Sandra Admin
Number of posts : 20040 Age : 61 Location : Ammanford Rep : 22 Points : 22521 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:26 pm | |
| If you think he would like to have it You can put pics of the family on as well | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:29 pm | |
| hmmm they all ready have lots of pics about the place .... i reckon scenic pics of where theyve walked in the past over the hills etc would be nice for them ... they like that sort of thing | |
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Sandra Admin
Number of posts : 20040 Age : 61 Location : Ammanford Rep : 22 Points : 22521 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:30 pm | |
| That would be lovely | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:31 pm | |
| i should get onto it straght away | |
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Sandra Admin
Number of posts : 20040 Age : 61 Location : Ammanford Rep : 22 Points : 22521 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:33 pm | |
| Be nice if he special walks or places he loves | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:34 pm | |
| we used to go walks on sundays .. wish i could remember where ... | |
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Sandra Admin
Number of posts : 20040 Age : 61 Location : Ammanford Rep : 22 Points : 22521 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:36 pm | |
| Anyone you can ask | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:37 pm | |
| yea my dad ... im going to e-mail him later and ask him...i have a fair idea of where we all used to go ... | |
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Sandra Admin
Number of posts : 20040 Age : 61 Location : Ammanford Rep : 22 Points : 22521 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:40 pm | |
| Cool | |
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fredsmum Admin
Number of posts : 31916 Age : 49 Location : posh part of derby Rep : 48 Points : 35960 Registration date : 2008-12-28
| Subject: Re: I needs a little help please girlies .... Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:40 pm | |
| yea | |
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