Frank, I really admire you for mastering the computer, and all you can do on it.
We bought an iPad for my dad when he was about 88, he loved it, Googling, you tube, took himself on a trip around the beaches he was on in the D Day landing, and up the canals in Holand where he hid the ship loaded with petrol. So well done for all you do.🙂
Have to add, however, my mum who hated anything new could not even bring herself to use the right word for it, computer was that piano thing, and a mobile phone was just that silly thing.
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Lyn, I recommend seeing tech as dementia prevention training, like doing crosswords, sudoku, learning new languages or music, only better. Take on something that seems really hard, feel your brain cells ache with the new learning. Take it step by step and celebrate each new ability to do something like take a photo, copy and paste, add a link or whatever you have conquered. Even turning on a device on or having a play around without giving up can be a triumph. My old dad is comfortable with Skyping at 86. He feels foolish for not learning things quickly or remembering where things are. I'm always encouraging him to have a go. Tech can be a a genuine lifeline as we get older.
Dancing is the best dementia prevention - physical exercise so gets the blood circulating, releases endorphins which are positive brainwaves, works on your balance, coordination, memory and sociability too. All round good stuff.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I hate house work .I hate decorating .If I give it up ,that means that I am too old to do it. I don’t like giving in .Another slither on the slidey slope downwards.🤥Is it time to throw the towel in and let someone else do it? I am seventy five .
@Ruby12 I gave up on the decorating and cutting high hedges years ago and I am much younger than you. If you can afford to pay someone to do it you can then spend your time doing something you enjoy - like baking, gardening, reading or pottering about. I don't look on it as a sign of getting old, just a sign of being more sensible. I look on it as my luxury items. I also one year got a firm to come and do a spring clean of my house (even though it was September!). That felt really luxurious (it was a birthday present to myself) and actually meant more to me than what it cost. They did everything from cleaning windows to dusting skirting boards and all parts in between.
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
There are other reasons to give up housework than age or infirmity. It is a pointless waste of time. You'll not be sat in the Nursing Home thinking you should have done more hoovering. If you can afford it, get someone else to do it and go and have some fun instead
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Would you believe, wall to wall tennis, football and cycling and he's got golf on for his ironing marathon.
We bought an iPad for my dad when he was about 88, he loved it, Googling, you tube, took himself on a trip around the beaches he was on in the D Day landing, and up the canals in Holand where he hid the ship loaded with petrol. So well done for all you do.🙂
Have to add, however, my mum who hated anything new could not even bring herself to use the right word for it, computer was that piano thing, and a mobile phone was just that silly thing.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”