My husband has some degree of dementia. He is also hard of hearing, and although he wears hearing aids, he misses a lot. In the evening he watches 1-2 hours of television. Our most recent series that he likes is about to end. I'm looking for suggestions of available series that have beautiful scenery, some drama, and limited back and forth dialog, that he might like. He has liked Good Karma Hospital; Wild at Heart; Anne With An E; The Indian Doctor. Detective series don't work so well because there is always lots of dialog and less action.
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However, with the dementia and hearing issues, he might do better watching reruns of shows he's seen before. My dad finally resorted to watching endless reruns of The Big Bang Theory, because they'd seen it all before and Mom remembered the plot and characters enough to be able to "follow" it. She didn't know they weren't new episodes, but it saved her from the frustration of not understanding what was going on.
BBC Mr Bean,
Tom and Jerry cartoons
If your in the US, PBS has a number of British programing. MidSommer Murders I love for the scenery. Father Brown. Miss Scarlett and the Duke and All Creatures great and Small. These two you can catch up on by getting a subcription. The next seasons come out in Fall and Winter. I liked Murdock and that was on Acorn.
Your husbands hearing has nothing to do with missing alot, his brain also has to do with this and as time goes on he will have more trouble with keeping up with the story line. The brain is no longer able to process quickly enough or at all.