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Suggested Activities

Far too often, I ran out of ideas on how to spend our time together. Here are some suggestions for you to consider. Appropriate activities depend upon your loved one’s capabilities and interests. 

  • Visit a zoo 

  • Walk around playgrounds or dog parks 

  • Listen to music 

  • Look at old pictures 

  • Take naps

  • Ask friends to take your loved one out on meal or coffee dates

  • Play board games or cards

  • Dance 

  • Visit family members

  • Watch YouTube videos

  • Go to movies

  • Work in your yard or garden

  • Go to restaurants during off hours when you have some privacy

  • Reminisce with photo albums

  • Go through scrapbooks

  • Walk together (good exercise, relieves stress, and triggers a desire for naps)

  • People watch and make up stories about the people you see

  • Jigsaw puzzles

  • Get ice cream or root beer floats

  • When looking for answers, ask ChatGPT or Siri

  • Walk on a college campus

  • Get Reader’s Digest joke books

  • Visit friends

  • Go to parks

  • Have zoom conversations with friends

  • Find another caregiver who will alternate caring for both loved ones one day a week

  • Have someone else join you on drives

  • Go to an art museum

  • Read out loud 

  • Sort photographs

  • Listen to books on tape

  • Sing duets together

  • Touching and hugging rekindle warmth and connection 

  • Go shopping or window shopping

  • Watch birds

  • Garage sale browsing

  • Draw pictures

  • Bake cookies

  • Check out activities at your local senior center

  • Play piano or other instruments

  • Watch kids at school during recess

  • Go to a high school concert or play

  • Read old letters

  • Help your loved one compose letters to old friends

  • Look through magazines together

  • Try coloring books

  • Tell stories about your times together in the past

  • Check for local activities that may be of interest

  • Go through closets to see what can be discarded or donated

  • Pamper your pets

  • Do chores together

  • Take a coffee break

  • Give a surprise neck or back massage

  • Be kind and radiate warmth

  • You don’t have to talk. If the person no longer has words, visit without words. Smile and touch. 

  • Watch kids at a children’s museum

  • Clean out closets, cupboards, and drawers

  • Go to a Butterfly Pavilion

  • Play solitaire

  • Visit a flower shop

  • Ask your loved one’s friends to make supportive phone calls

  • Go to a library

  • Look for pictures in clouds

  • Donate unused clothing or other household items to a charity 

  • On your computer, play your favorite songs from when you were younger

  • Read out loud

  • Ask a friend who has a baby, child or calm pet to visit

  • Toss a ball

  • Play favorite song and sing along

  • Draw a family tree

  • Make Christmas or birthday cards

  • Write a letter to friends or family members

  • Feed birds in a park

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