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Hi Pam

It is very good of you to reach out for help

First I hope you would consider adult daycare that would be good for you and your loved one

Also contact your local Alzheimer's Association and join a support group

These are extremely helpful and worth your time

Have you tried music singing together you can get almost anything on YouTube and sing the songs together

What about reminiscing have you made a scrapbook or a photo album or do you have Photos on your phone that you can share with your love for him and let him tell you what he thinks

Never ask what or do you remember

Instead say tell me about

Remember feelings are the last thing to go so saying this makes me happy or sad or whatever and let your love One respond to that

What about doing a simple woodworking project or coloring mandala art is very good either coloring one in or creating one

Here are some helpful articles on golden Carers

https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-plan-music-activities-for-dementia-care/3192/

https://www.goldencarers.com/search/#stq=Mandala&stp=1

Also some kind of exercise is very good

Here is a helpful article

https://www.goldencarers.com/how-to-run-group-exercise-sessions-for-the-elderly/5182/

You are lucky that your husband doesn't exhibit inappropriate behavior because that could be a real problem

Best of luck to you and bless you for all your hard work

Thanks for your help Susan, ill look into those things. It’s good to know there is support here x

Hi, I agree with Susan that looking into a day centre or respite service for your husband and a suport group for you is very important.

If you are in the UK I recommend assisting to a Dementia Cafe which are organised by Alzheimer's UK and are open to the wide public, they always have great information about local resources.

Regarding things to do with your husband, I would encourage both of you to do work around your life history and personal preferences.

A scrapbook of important events and people with photos and short captions, a box of objects that are meaningful or bring back good feelings and if your husband enjoys music, a playlist of favourite songs. This is usually an enjoyable long term project for everybody in the family and will be useful in the future to anybody who comes into contact with your husband.

I leave you two templates, one short one speciallydesigned to help heslthprofessionalzs

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets/th

And this one from golden carers

https://www.goldencarers.com/my-story---short-biography-template/3934/

I hope this helps

Great advice Elisa

Thank you

Thanks Elisa, I’ll make a start!.....I couldn’t open the link from Alzheimer’s.org?

Sorry, I copied the link incomplete.

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets/this-is-me

This should work well.