Activities to do with your loved one: Share your tips

Posted by Becky, Volunteer Mentor @becsbuddy, Sep 8, 2019

Have you ever found yourself in a position of just not knowing what to do? How to keep someone busy or distracted or entertained or anything?! @debbraw gave me a list that her caregivers group put together and suggested that I share it with you.

Here is @debbraw ‘s list:
- Take an after dinner drive
- Tour the countryside
- Go out for ice cream. Try different locations
- Go to the Farmers Market
- Visit a dog park
- Visit a county, state, or national park
- Have a meal out. Take some friends along
- Bird watch and identify them and keep a list
- Collect leaves in the Fall
- Ask a neighbor to visit
- Watch the children at a playground
- Attend free music events at the library
- Visit a garden center
- Go to a book store that has a coffee bar
- Watch old Saturday morning cowboy shows or find old DVDs at the library
- Have a contest with Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy
- Board games or card games
- Fold laundry
- Play croquet

Do you have any hobbies or games or books that have worked for you? Please share!

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Caregivers Support Group.

wmehan | @wmehan | Mar 23 3:52pm

We go food shopping. I make sure we walk up and down all the aisles to get our steps in.

sillyblone | @sillyblone | Mar 23 8:50pm

We do the same. My hubby is using weights and works on his arms and legs with a staionary bike for 25-30 minutes. I think getting some exercise is good for all of us. Take care.