Activities for care receiver

Just today I bought my LO a 10" Kindle. Kindle is what she used years ago before phones and computers, it's familiar. I set up the large font and downloaded a few books and magazines.Teen books are interesting and easy to follow.

Delete all the apps you can, leave the few she needs. Using a wax pencil I circled on the screensaver the apps she will use.

No keyboard, few buttons, large font and good accessibility using only voice if you set it up that way for her. Hope this helps

Adult coloring books, big selection of colored pencils that I keep sharpened, and 500 or 300 piece jigsaw puzzles which I have to help with now.

Welcome to the forum. I too am looking for ways to keep my DH mentally stimulated. I found a book of very short stories (large print, two pages each about the size of a coloring book, so its easy to handle.) it’s called “Short Stories for Seniors”, by Meadowlight Books. He reads them and sometimes the stories will spark a memory that we can discuss which might lead to more memories to discuss. He also likes to play single trivia games, but we work together as a team. It’s called “Trivia Crush” and its really basic, but we laugh a lot. I know there are other trivia games that are more challenging, but this one is fine for us. If I find anything else, I’ll let you know. Glad you brought this up- keep us posted if you find other ideas.

My mil loved paint by number types of pictures to paint. The nursing home had the memory care residents paint on a regular basis. You could call a local adult day care and ask what types of activities they have during the week.

You have been given some very good ideas. Keep the puzzles easy with large and easy to pick up pieces. Buy coloring books that have simple drawings. My DH enjoys Lincoln Logs or building blocks. Colorforms is another idea.

Finding activities your loved one will accept, enjoy and engage in is difficult as their condition advances. I tried so many different ones. Occasionally she would color when myself or a caregiver did it with her but it was usually quite short term before she stopped and just sat. I found some inexpensive toys online for children with autism and bought some. She actually played with several and a few became her favorites. It is a never ending process of searching for the next thing to try to help. She seemed to enjoy best the toys she could manipulate with her hands easily and would switch from one to another. We would join her and allow her to govern our participation with her. On toy set had a selection of colored "jelly" worms, much like what is used for fishing. Those became her favorite for a while as she tied them into knots, untied them and repeated. Best of luck to you.

DW is losing interest too, but at least she isn't feeding pieces to our two dogs! Although she does like to share any chocolate she's eating with them which is not good. I have all but eliminated chocolate.

She used to do 1000 piece puzzles but now gets frustrated with the 300 piece and can't really do them without my help.

Now it's mostly the coloring books. But then she kind of zones out but it's better than some of the alternatives.

A couple of times a week my DH and DS play ‘21’. They use M&Ms for betting. DH cannot remember the value of face cards (10) and thinks Aces are 1 point only (not 1 or 11). So sometimes he gets lucky and wins a game. He eats his winnings! (The ‘house’ pretty consistently has to ‘spot’ him more betting chips ☺️)

I believe DH just loves the undivided attention of his son! It is heartwarming to watch those 2 play - even if it is only 15 minutes. And DH remembers to mention this during any doctor’s visits - that he is doing ‘brain games’.

Already done @howhale Thank you!