Hi Dumas,
On <Thu, 25 Mar 20>, you wrote me:

But a TV/webcam rig for ought to be the norm in 2020.

Makes you wonder why no one else has thought of doing this in
senior's facilties before?

That official/professional care system only focuses on the physical care of the body. It is the volunteers that introduce other programs (activities, projects, visitations, trips, guest speakers, etc..)Apparently, there is no money allocated to anything else beyond the physical care of the carbon unit. :(

And now for my story about the "music program" I mentioned earlier. First, the background.

The long-term care facility in my town is the only one in the county that implements a "music access" program using the iPod Shuffle. One fellow, passionate about music felt that many of the "old-timers" stuck in these facilities had no other access to the music that they loved or grew up with and noticed that music specific to their liking provided entertainment and made a huge difference in morale.

So, he took the initiative to just do it. Along the way, he received some funding to purchase a bunch of Shuffles. He custom-loaded each device for each person. It was simple to operate: clip on option, one center button operation for play, shuffle mode. Only the wired ear pieces my have been a bit tricky for some clients, but that only took a few seconds of assistance (so even the "professional" care workers had no excuse not to help with that) and the client could be left alone to enjoy.

He took the resposibility to mix up the collections, and keep the devices charged.

Along the way (since 2010), some devices have been lost (or inadvertently packed up by the family along with the other personal items when the client dies). Meanwhile, the Shuffle has been discontinued and cost prohibitive to replace.

I have volunteered to help find an alternative solution if I can. My approach was to consider Spotify as the music source) ..but the question remains what player devices would be best. Dedicated mini tablets + wireless headphones? The operation/activation has to be simple for the client.

..Regards,
August

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I have volunteered to help find an alternative solution if I can. My approach >was to consider Spotify as the music source) ..but the question remains what >player devices would be best. Dedicated mini tablets + wireless headphones? >The operation/activation has to be simple for the client.

That was a really great thing that your friend did there.

I am not tech savy enough to know what all is out there these days in the
way of small, easy to operate music players. DO they still make small MP3 players that are not too expensive?

One thing that jumps to my mind, but that might be too difficult to use,
find, or afford would be used cell phones. Even if they are no good as
phones any more, they can play MP3s and/or serve as small wireless devices.
I have an old blackberry that I use pretty much only to play music or
video solitaire. It still keeps a good charge and has a touch screen. I
also have an older iphone that I use as a small internet device. I am
guessing spotify would still work on it.


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Dumas Walker wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS <=-

I am not tech savy enough to know what all is out there these days in
the way of small, easy to operate music players. DO they still make
small MP3 players that are not too expensive?

There are a ton of chinese clones of the click wheel iPod Shuffle and old
iPod Nano.


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Re: Re: why no one else has thou
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Fri Mar 27 2020 08:20 am

There are a ton of chinese clones of the click wheel iPod Shuffle and old iPod Nano.

https://www.theonion.com/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no-keyb o-1819594761

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/04/5d/bf045dfaae142e3a5e04395b6c10b3e4.jpg

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https://www.theonion.com/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no-keyb
o-1819594761

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/04/5d/bf045dfaae142e3a5e04395b6c10b3e4.jpg

Gotta love the Onion. :)


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Re: Re: why no one else has t
By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Sat Mar 28 2020 11:02 am

Gotta love the Onion. :)

The Onion is my #1 source of news.

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Re: Re: why no one else has t
By: Djatropine to Dumas Walker on Sun Apr 05 2020 07:37 pm

Re: Re: why no one else has t
By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Sat Mar 28 2020 11:02 am

Gotta love the Onion. :)

The Onion is my #1 source of news.

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Re: Re: why no one else has t
By: Djatropine to Dumas Walker on Sun Apr 05 2020 07:37 pm

Gotta love the Onion. :)

The Onion is my #1 source of news.

I wouldn't mind working as a reporter for The Onion.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: why no one else has t
By: Nightfox to Djatropine on Sun Apr 05 2020 08:04 pm

Re: Re: why no one else has t
By: Djatropine to Dumas Walker on Sun Apr 05 2020 07:37 pm

Gotta love the Onion. :)

The Onion is my #1 source of news.

I wouldn't mind working as a reporter for The Onion.

Nightfox

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Gotta love the Onion. :)

The Onion is my #1 source of news.

It may be the only true source of unfake news. :D


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I wouldn't mind working as a reporter for The Onion.

The Onion is probably the only mainstream publican I would become a reporter for.

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