I hear what you about your wife not being sociable.Hi Chizz and thanks for the reply
My wife is not sociable and I don't think she'd enjoy mixing with new people. I was just wondering if anyone had found any in home activities I could give her. My daugher brings pottery for her to make but it's a once a week thing. We've tied colouring books but the attention span is short!
Cheers
When I suggested to my wife that we attend a Forget-me-Not cafe (she doesn't like the word dementia and thus not a dementia cafe) she said she didn't want to be with "old" people and she didn't want to be people "like that" even though she was at that time about 70 and was v much like that, even if not self admitted. Anyway I said it would be good to get out, get a cup of tea and a piece of cake, etc etc. Whilst there at our first visit (and thereafter) she didn't seem to like it. Later that day, when I asked her if she liked the singing and the quiz, she said she did like it and are we going tomorrow?
So, I decided not to let her Alz's do the talking, but try a toe in the water, and see how a little "outside" stimuli might help. And it did. We carried on going - cafe once a week on a Fri morning and memory singers once a week on a Weds afternoon - and once a week a garden centre (my wife loves flowers and plants) - for a few years.
Now, she is bedbound and beyond being able to go out at all, and that's why I said the window is short, try and use it. If your wife doesn't like it, sad to say, after a while she won't remember it.
You might a break and meet other carers to compare notes as well.