This is the second and final episode of The Eyes of Penn, an audio book series written and produced for listeners that experience cognitive decline.
If you are a caretaker seeking an audiobook for your loved one that is respectively made for an adult with mild to moderate dementia, this is for you.
In this second and final episode, the listener follows The Johnsons as they seek to win a coveted music audition only to be side tracked by events and people beyond their world and influence.
The Johnsons are a group of four musicians, whose love for music and fellowship withstand the elusive goal of commercial success. In just trying to make a living playing music, they find themselves being tested; having to stand up to powerful forces that collide with their world. A collision that occasionally require the members of the band to tap into hidden powers.
This audiobook series seeks to provide caretakers with a hidden power as well. An alternative audio - designed, written and produced with their cognitively challenged loved ones in mind.
For example, an elderly listener may have challenges with concentration, or perhaps unable or unwilling to fully read a book themselves.
These audio books seek to bridge these gaps, and deliver caretakers with some much-needed down time, while their loved one is being read a story.
Chapters are short (2-3 minutes long), contain summaries prior to the story being told and music interludes between chapters are played. These are just a few of the applied techniques designed to keep the attention of a cognitively challenged listener, stimulate the imagination and deliver sustained entertainment.
