Productive Activities around the House

Your loved one might get some satisfaction from helping out around the house. Here are some chores that my mother has been able to do, even with diminished capability:

• Folding laundry
• Putting silverware away
• Pushing the dust mop around the house
• Weeding in the yard

The job doesn't always get done right, but it's still useful to have her engaged in a task. 

Towels are the easiest type of laundry for my mother to fold. When it's a mixed batch of items, she gets more confused. She will often sort things by color rather than type. But it doesn't matter that much; I can come along and sort it out later. 

With silverware, I need to make sure her hands are clean first. Big and small forks usually end up mixed together, but it's not a big problem.

With dust mopping, the pile of dust and the mop might end up in a strange place. 

Weeding used to be such a good way to spend time together outside, but lately Mom loses the plot. She's more interesting in wandering around picking up leaves--which is also fine.