I'm looking for things besides the remote and tissue box. She's always trying to move things around and organize her TV tray table. She is able to do things like put on her socks, tie her pants' drawstrings, brush her hair, search through her address book with her glasses on, etc.
I feel like during the days she's sitting alone, she could have an activity or even just a random thing to keep her brain working. She's been really coherent despite some creative imagination. And, she seems tired of the TV all the time. I'm just not sure what to try and put in front of her!
They would all fit easily in a small plastic box.
We gave my 100-yr old Aunt with advanced dementia a large stack of kitchen towels to fold several times a day. That was the only purpose of the towels. I also gave her colored poker chips and she not only sorted them but sometimes made patterns with them.
As for the tv, she may not be tired of it but rather cannot comprehend what she is seeing or hearing. For my Aunt, we ran non-scary animated movies with the closed captions on and she would read the entire movie out loud. Not sure she understood what she was reading, but she did it consistently, over and over. We also got her animal books that were mostly pictures. She would read out loud to us while we prepped dinner. She also colored in coloring books.
I would also buy second hand scarves and put soft knots in them for him to straighten out. I learned this from nurses who use to give my husband extra long plastic tubes that were knotted for him to unravel.
Do you believe she can safely manage a Mandala coloring book and colored pencils? Or a puzzle? Could she thread beads that are too big to swallow. Would she enjoy large Legos? There are also mazes with a bead that can't get out and lost.
If you can afford it there are electronic pets, and Simpl, (yes it's spelled SIMPL)(prerecorded) radios.