Activities to do with your loved one: Share your tips

If I ask my wife, "What would you like for dinner?" she will always say, "Let's go to PT's, I'll pay." Well we can do that once a week, but not every day. I buy meal kits, like Blue Apron, which have all the ingredients and a set of instructions. So I task her to make dinner and she does a great job. If I ask her what year it is or what month it is, she doesn't know.

And I'd like to add an observation. One thing I've recently come to realized as a caretaker is that it is important to 'Stop beating yourself up!' It is important for caretakers to realize they are doing important, loving work.

Experiencing loss of appetite as caregiver for 4 years of husband with stroke memory loss and dementia. Any suggestions to stay healthy

I suffer from that as well. I force myself to eat . The things a caregiver does causes me to lose weight..Fixing things around the house, getting groceries amongst other things. Try to eat though as you need to take care of yourself! 🫂

Nice to hear I’m not the only one

One activity my wife and I started after I became disabled: Car picnics.

We'll pack a meal, or hit a drive-thru, and go to a local park or lake and stay in the car, but have a lunch.

We started when I could barely walk, and we still do it now and then. Gets me out of the house.

Hint: I bought a mini-desk to use as a lap-table (about 8"x12"). It's small, stable, and keeps my food from falling to the car floor. About ten bucks, and worth every penny.

I recently posted to one of these discussions about hubby who has not been interested in any activities most people post about and can't remember how to use the phone or TV remote but with a screwdriver managed to disassemble his walker and bedside commode. Recently he asked for a hammer and small nails and nailed an old towel to a wood TV tray. I thought "why not?" Kept him busy for two days and now he's working on removing the nails. Makes no sense to me but it's giving him a sense of accomplishment.

Whatever works! 🙂

Does anyone know of any simple game apps for an iPhone?

I actually took my spouse to see our son for the holiday's It was a long trip...but the traffic was not bad as I thought it might be. We had a great time! Trying to get my spouse cleaned up at our sons house was simpler and now I have ordered a stool like his for the shower. Grooming is the one thing he fights with me about.
I will say that I had forgotten how my spouse loves to play domino's. He was laughing and it was so sweet to see my "honey" actually beam. The chocolate helped too. I know it was tiring for him. But, I have to say I was the energizer bunny. He still had his off times. Imagine packing for 12 day's and making sure all was packed . I actually loved that we there for our son's birthday and my spouses birthday.
Thanks to this forum I feel I am not alone..even though I knew I was not. Hugs to everyone.

Thank you!