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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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Have you watched Aerial America? It's not an action series but has some beautiful scenery filmed using a drone. Very relaxing
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Where do u live because I don't think these are American shows. I used to watch Acorn TV and these sound like shows from Britain and Australia.

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.
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opijbird Aug 2022
I agree that his brain has to do with his missing a lot. When combined with his hearing loss, his slow mental processing creates a big issue.
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COSI TV station has a lot of old time TV shows that he probably saw in his childhood and he may feel nostalgic.
BBC Mr Bean,
Tom and Jerry cartoons
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You can't beat All Creatures Great and Small, Cranford, or even Downton Abbey.

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.
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opijbird Aug 2022
We are caught up on All Creatures Great and Small. I have watched all of Downton Abbey. I will check out Cranford. I didn't think of Big Bang because I think he likes drama more than comedy, but will give it a try for his alone time watching.
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Nature programs, since they don’t have much plot. It’s a narrator talking about how butterflies migrate or the lives of penguins. The scenery is always beautiful and if he misses the narration, no big deal. You could use closed captions and see if that helps.
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How about Doc Martin?
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opijbird Aug 2022
Great suggestion. I forgot to mention I am looking for things we BOTH can enjoy and I have watched all of Doc Martin already. I will keep in mind for his alone time watching.
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YouTube nature videos. Something like birds or squirrels coming to a feeder. Or videos for dogs and cats to keep them occupied. I would use the closed caption option if he could keep up with that.
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opijbird Aug 2022
He does like nature videos. Didn't think of YouTube. That would be great for his daytime watching. I don't know if he can keep up with closed caption but it wouldn't hurt and might be helpful.
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I am the person who created the original post. I've gotten some great answers. What I did not think to mention in the original post is that I am looking for things that I, also, would like to watch with my husband. We usually watch an hour of television together at night. The ones I mentioned are ones that we both watched and liked. The idea of watching shows he watched before is great for him, but not so great for me because I don't have memory issues and don't like to rewatch shows I have seen before. Someone suggested Doc Martin. I agree that would appeal to him, but I already watched all the available seasons.I do have subscriptions to Acorn TV and PBS because they tend to have the type of shows we can both like. After we watch together, I leave him on his own to watch something he likes because I like to go to bed earlier than he. Right now he is watching Wild at Heart, but some of the other suggestions would be great for his alone tv watching. I haven't heard of Father Brown and Mr. Bean, but will check them out. For watching on his own in the daytime, he enjoys Curiosity Stream. I think this is because he was an engineer and still enjoys things with a science/nature theme.
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He might enjoy that for his alone tv watching. Will give it a try.
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