My husband is losing interest in watching tv and roams the house, looking for something to do. He does fill some time with coloring books...

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belindaparis Asked July 2019

My husband is losing interest in watching tv and roams the house, looking for something to do. He does fill some time with coloring books...

But his attention span is shortening. He wants to go out to eat every night, he wants to have “parties” at our house, he insists on going to my dr visits with me...he is driving me crazy. Besides the tv was a great baby sitter, now I’m concerned about leaving him home by himself b/c he's digging around looking for something that needs to be done. Any suggestions?

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Hi guys We have an appointment next week to visit a “senior social center” (daycare) The director said lots of activities, men and card games... I think it would be perfect for him, I hope he thinks so too. I’ll keep y’all posted, wish me luck!

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I think daycare would be a great idea for him but I am unsure how to approach it with him. I was thinking I could convince him it is a senior center, he would not accept “daycare.”

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You say that he likes to color, how about taking him to some art classes? As for him insisting that he goes with you to your doctor appointments, you can say no, and have someone babysit him while you are out. If you let him, he will manipulate you every chance he gets, it is just what they do.

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I take him to a ceramic class with my 9 yr old grandson on most sat mornings, he seems interested and participates but that takes care of only a few hours a week. He just started this behavior where he shuts off the tv, stares into space and or walks around aimlessly, I have him clean out kitchen drawers and the pantry, but again not a daily activity. I’m taking it one day at a time to see if this may be a short lived stage, fingers crossed, thanks for you support

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