Fast Reading Skills for Seniors
Every second counts when you’re a family caregiver, especially when you’re one of many who also has a career and a family and household to care for. No task needs to take any longer than it should, and one thing that you can cut down on to find more time is your reading. Getting through necessary documents that will improve your skills and knowledge as a caregiver might not be something you can cut out of your day, but you can cut out the time it takes!
1. Learn active reading – often when reading our minds drift away and we’re not totally engaged in what’s in front of us on the pages. Try to more actively engage your mind by taking notes, doodling keywords or underlining key words in passages. This will also help to engage your memory
2. Try a reading software – software programs like EyeQ teach you how to physically read faster by helping you learn how to move your eyes back and forth more quickly when reading
3. Try a technique called Photoreading – if you’re reading for the sake of gathering specific information alone from a document, you can increase your reading speed with this technique which teaches you to focus on what you want to get out of the book or document
Sources:
1. Gaia
2. Nina Potter
Home Instead Senior Care in Rhode Island provides non medical home care services for seniors and the elderly who choose to live at home instead. Please call us for more information on our in-home care services at 401-667-2923.
