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Introductions: Are you caring for someone with dementia?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Mar 17 6:30pm | Replies (762)Comment receiving replies
Just brainstorming here...
Have you got an old hobby you had to set aside? Maybe you could pick it up again.
Join a book club? Cooking club? Are you a fan of a sports team? Collect anything?
What kind of volunteering do you do? Any possible social contacts through that?
Could you mentor someone?
You never know where it can lead. After having a stroke, I learned that people found my recovery story rather compelling.
In the past few months it has led to an interview on a national podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3W8ekJdZk), a series of self-produced series of videos (https://www.youtube.com/@srlucado/videos), and even an invitation to speak at Texas Christian University (TCU).
And I'm just getting started.
Good luck!
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Good suggestions, Scott. I took up volunteering shortly after I retired, and long before my wife started having problems. I'm interested in local history, and am on the board of one house museum, volunteer at the Lincoln home, and am the chapter registrar and genealogist for the Sons of the American Revolution. I have also been in a book club for 10 years and am the secretary of our condo association's board. So, I keep pretty busy, but I have a hard time during the intervals when I'm not occupied with some kind of distraction. I become anxious and restless. One thing that might help is getting more exercise, but right now, I'm having some kind of problem with my right leg and don't want to initiate a walking program.