I have many more serious questions, but by reading everyone's topics on the forum I get a lot of information (thank you). For right now, an odd technical-type question: Mom (83 years old) is at a cracking point with cable TV - the content, the music playing behind people speaking, etc. My suggestions to read part of the day instead of watching TV get ignored. :/ Does anyone know of or use other formats like weather radios or something that 'make more sense' to them? Apparently the Weather Channel has gone off cable, I don't know if any of you are aware of this cataclysmic event! I wish I could teach her to use Apple TV or something but that's out of the question, she can't learn how to work her cell phone. Thanks.
They also have apple tv but cannot navigate to it and around it at all. My dad loves watching old shows and nature documentary but someone needs to be with them to operate the Apple TV and Netflix.
I try to steer my Dad away from weather because he doesn't understand that they may be giving weather for another area..and he gets all jazzed up about bad weather and is just one more thing to cause him anxiety or for him to obsess about.
You could also just switch to DVDs, especially if she has some old time favorites like John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, etc.
Interesting that commented on music while people are speaking. I've thought for some time how irritating that is. It's as if there has to be some music, or often just plain racket, as opposed to just letting someone speak plainly without the intervention of background noise.
As people age it becomes harder for them to settle in and read a book. My Dad is constantly getting distracted to even get through a couple of pages, and having poor eyesight doesn't help, either. He can handle a newspaper which is quick and easy.
And what's up with the Weather Channel being off some of the cable providers. I loved "Storm Chasers" and some of the other programs offered. My Dad is obsessed with weather, and now he is finally getting cable but said network isn't available. There is always Turner Classic Movies :)