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Littlesistercg Asked April 2022

My sibling with early onset Alz is in a care home and bored, but he cannot live on his own. Any ideas to keep him entertained?

My Brother has been placed in a care home but he is very resentful and feels trapped. On my visits he spends the entire time asking when he can go home and complaining how bored he is. He does have Early Onset Alz and although he has memory issues and hallucinations (being treated) he is fairly competent thought wise. That said, I don't think he could succesfully play a card game or something like that as the memory issues would keep him from remembering the rules. He will not participate in any of the activities they do with the elders there as they are too babyish (he isn't wrong), I cannot visit everyday but when I do, I would like to be able to do something he might enjoy. I am a little afraid to take him on a day trip as he is much larger than me and perfectly healthy other than his failing brain and he has had physcotic breaks. (I am his sister).


Any ideas?

Geaton777 Apr 2022
Can you find some "purposeful" activities for him, like sorting sports trading cards, sorting nails and screws and pairing screws with nuts, or sorting mixed up sets of poker chips, putting coins into those paper sleeves or quarters in a by-the-State board, putting stamps in a collection book, etc.? I'm talking large amounts so that it will take him a while but not enough to frustrate him. We do this with my 100-yr old aunt who folds a stack of kitchen towels (the same towels every day, sometimes twice a day -- she doesn't remember that she's already did it). Doing purposeful activities also burns mental energy and will help him sleep at night. My aunt sleeps through every night. You might also want to consider giving him a portable foot pedaler so he can get some exercise that's appropriate for his circumstances.

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