Activities for the elderly

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Akasha

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Hi guys!

So my dad is 63 at the moment, he's not allowed to drive so he basically sits at home all day. We take him to my brother most days so he can go play facebook games but he's very agitated all the time.

We read up on some activities one of the old age home does where they come fetch you and take you out to play bingo/golf, basically just to entertain you for the afternoon. Well, my dad said he doesn't want to do that because he doesn't want to hang out with "old people"

So my question is, does anybody know of places like this that does things with "younger people"
Just so he can meet new people and get out a bit. All of us work during the day so we can't do it ourselves
 
Just get one and repeat that every couple of hours, he's likely to have forgotten about it anyway...
 
Casinos. Older people just love playing slots during the day. If my parents were still here I'd take them to the casino. I wouldn't have had this issue.
 
Goldilocs18 said:
Hi guys!

So my dad is 63 at the moment, he's not allowed to drive so he basically sits at home all day. We take him to my brother most days so he can go play facebook games but he's very agitated all the time.

We read up on some activities one of the old age home does where they come fetch you and take you out to play bingo/golf, basically just to entertain you for the afternoon. Well, my dad said he doesn't want to do that because he doesn't want to hang out with "old people"

So my question is, does anybody know of places like this that does things with "younger people"
Just so he can meet new people and get out a bit. All of us work during the day so we can't do it ourselves
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63 is not that old at all. Tell him to start joining the local Rotary, maybe he can find some pals there.
 
He should start jogging every morning. He'll be tired afterwards and sleep until you come back from work.
 
Is your dad married or seeing someone? If not, get him on an elderly singles dating site. Maybe finding a Muriel will keep him occupied.
 
63 is not old! I can see how he might be going out of his mind sitting around doing nothing.

What hobbies does he have? Into any sports - walking/running/bowls? There should be lots of social clubs for this kind of thing.
 
At least your dad seems to want to do something. My dad's 62 and his routine is (according to my sister who still lives at home):
0300 Gets up and watches Animal Planet / NatGeo Wild
0600 Makes coffee for everybody
0700 - 0800 Everybody leaves so now he's home alone
1600 My mother gets home from work and finds him drunk
Repeat

:D
 
One of the quickest ways to check out of life is after you retire and you have nothing to do. The boredom alone will slowly kill you mentally.

You need to keep an active mind and do stuff!

Still have a while yet before I retire :)
 
gregmcc said:
63 is not old! I can see how he might be going out of his mind sitting around doing nothing.

What hobbies does he have? Into any sports - walking/running/bowls? There should be lots of social clubs for this kind of thing.
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Not old at all. The problem is in those 63 years he hasn't figured out how to keep himself busy.

Does he have no hobbies/activities that he has enjoyed at all in the last 63 years? :confused:
 
The facebook games part is the gambling :p

He sits at my brother's house all day playing slots. Recently he started commenting on people's photos and stuff and apparently it upset some people. So my brother unfollowed everyone so he cant see the stuff. Kinda breaks my heart really.

He is married, to my mom :p
He had a stroke last year as well so he'll sometimes sit at home and just be lost. A few weeks ago he was watching a movie with a train in, next movie was something with a plane. He asked my mom where all the people from the train went, he can't see the train anymore.

So I'm looking for something that'll actually keep him interested. He likes the Facebook games but he can't just sit there all day playing only that
 
Depends where he is staying, but check out Meetup.com. There is always something happening on there in the bigger cities, for people of all ages. If there isn't anything happening nearby, he could try and create his own group and encourage people to join and plan activities.
 
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