“Why bother letting Dad (or Mom) watch or read about World Cup events.  They don’t know what’s going on,” you might comment.
However, we don’t know just what they may assimilate or enjoy.  Their attention span may be fleeting or they may doze in front of the TV.  But watching activities they’ve always enjoyed, or even new ones they haven’t been interested in before, may catch their attention for awhile.
My mother wasn’t interested in TV when she was an active woman before AD. She considered herself too busy.  However, as she began entering the Alzheimer’s stage of her life, she became …read more