Mum's main issues are severe panic attacks and anxiety, coupled with memory loss (not yet diagnosed dementia but borderline).
She had an OT nurse come to see her for a few weeks who tried to teach her breathing exercises - Ummmmm well, because of her memory issues, I knew that wasn't going to work, and I did say as much at the time! Nurse left a folder of printed out instructions and suggested I sat with mum and took them through them every day. Nice idea - but not workable.
Just by chance, yesterday I asked mum to listen to a lovely classical music track I had on my MP3 player - she was willing (big plus!)
and the earphones were the new earbud type (mine are Skull Candy brand). These are not the angular sort that you have to try and wodge into your ear - which even I find very uncomfortable - but they are small and soft, and literally made to gently plug into your ear canal. Benefits of that are they drown extraneous noise and you get the best sound.
She leaned back, closed her eyes and really loved the music, visibly relaxed.
So here we go - where can I find a recording that consists of a spoken, gentle relaxation breathing exercise - basically what the OT had down on paper - which i can put onto a MP3 player for her?
She's already said she would happily listen to that like a form of meditation (many years ago she did TM), I just need to find the right recording. Not too long, maybe 10-15 mins, she can listen to it twice a day and maybe I can persuade her to plug into it when we are out & about and she starts getting anxious.
Ideas welcome
She had an OT nurse come to see her for a few weeks who tried to teach her breathing exercises - Ummmmm well, because of her memory issues, I knew that wasn't going to work, and I did say as much at the time! Nurse left a folder of printed out instructions and suggested I sat with mum and took them through them every day. Nice idea - but not workable.
Just by chance, yesterday I asked mum to listen to a lovely classical music track I had on my MP3 player - she was willing (big plus!)

She leaned back, closed her eyes and really loved the music, visibly relaxed.
So here we go - where can I find a recording that consists of a spoken, gentle relaxation breathing exercise - basically what the OT had down on paper - which i can put onto a MP3 player for her?
She's already said she would happily listen to that like a form of meditation (many years ago she did TM), I just need to find the right recording. Not too long, maybe 10-15 mins, she can listen to it twice a day and maybe I can persuade her to plug into it when we are out & about and she starts getting anxious.
Ideas welcome
