Thanks! I know, of course, that all this frustration is really not of much consequence, that I will look back on this later and think, what was I so distressed about? Those were the good days. So I try to think of it as training.
My default for all problems is swimming, which my husband doesn't like much. But he has been coming along, doing a lot of walking in the pool which is great. I still get a lot of restorative brain waves when I swim but it's not exactly doing something for myself by myself. He will not let me out of his sight (such as it is), so the opportunities are a bit limited.
I do think I'll try to conspire with the low-vision tech to get him to a hearing clinic. Losing two of your senses as well as your mind is pretty daunting and though he feels it's inevitable, maybe he would take the hearing aids on as a challenge if this wonderful Irish woman he likes so much is saying it's important,