Does your mother have Diabetes also?...I got the idea that there are two
kinds of Alzheimers..there has to be.....mine came with diabetes....

A colorful and very soft afghan for use in a wheelchair might be nice---if
she needs one.

My aunt really appreciated the soft feel of the one I gave her several years
ago.  It was a red tartan plaid, and she always asked to use it.

This was years ago before afghans were a dime a dozen.  Now your loved one
may already have so many that she doesn't need another.

Or what about a small photo album of the type you give a child----plastic,
with just a few pictures, one for each close family member (or pet, etc.).
These things are indestructible--no rings or tearable binding.  They are
water resistant also.  These are  often bought for toddlers who are learning
family names.  Our autistic grandson also has one, and it was very helpful
in learning names and he enjoyed it very much when he was younger.

It has just a few pages, one picture (about 4x6) to a page.  Just slip the
photo behind the soft plastic frame on the page---done in a snap.

You could take pictures of her nurse or doctor also to include in the album.
Or pictures of roommate, pet dog that comes as therapy to hospital, etc.
Many possibilities.  And you could change the pictures to please her.  You
could take a picture of her birthday party also to add to the album, so she
can enjoy that memory if she is able.

Warmest Regards,

Donna (Who may some day need a photo album herself---I am trying to get
things like the family genealogy "done up" and distributed while I still
can---also family pictures and mementos sorted, copied, and distributed.  I
am going at the end of the month for yet another test--this one is memory or
something and will last all day.  I hate to think of anyone testing how I
think.  All these years, I have never been athletic or pretty much anything
else---just relied on an acute mind.  Ironic.)

I think the OP should consider that carefully, my father for example doesnt
recognise people from photos any more, including himself (and he wouldnt
recognise a picture of me if I was there at the time, eg he couldnt match
the picture to me*) and I have seen these exercises get quite stressful for
both parties , for the LO because they end up being interrogated, and for
the questioner because the penny drops (again)as to just how bad the LOs
condition is.

I'm not saying this will happen, just to be careful and consider, before the
LO has his/her problems made painfully clear to both (at least the LO will
forget this happened).

oh yes, I also just reread the bit about "negligible remaining vision", so
photos doesnt seem such a good idea anyway!!

I think the singalong is by far the best idea.