Preoccupying a PWD with YouTube and other ideas

I found that preoccupying a PWD with some nostalgic shows from YouTube is a good way to keep a PWD calm or out of trouble.

Some things I've discovered:

• Walking tours videos - may show places they lived in, or reminisce about. They can run quite long - like an hour or so.
• Compendium of news and events from past years.

I was surprised that it interested a PWD a lot more than regular TV.

Why do I do this? A PWD may come try to "help" me while I am cleaning up a spill (that a PWD created) or doing some other task, and won't go away or in the process of "helping", may cause more problems. So sometimes, I'd rather be alone to do them.

To avoid ads, which can be bothersome, you can pay for YouTube Premium. If you set it to autoplay, it does a reasonable job finding other similar videos. You can always set up your own queue. Repeats don't seem to bother a PWD, since they forgot they saw it earlier.

There are of course, TV channels with nostalgic shows, or even retro shows on streaming services like Hulu, but one has to select and queue up shows.

If you have other good ideas on what to keep one preoccupied, please feel free to share.

I've tried things like puzzles, books and other regular things, but a PWD may eventually get bored, and will start walking around, but nostalgic videos seem to capture one's attention. Of course, it's not great to be glued to a TV for too long, and it's nice to add variety once in a while.