Immobile dementia sufferer- presents

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Hi, my dad has advanced dementia and totally immobile. He is currently stuck in a room with no access to tv, he doesn't seem to want to read, and isn't interested in music etc. I was wondering if anyone knew of any hand held games that might be fairly simple to use but would keep him entertained?
Opening this up to chat rather than dementia specific! Thanks

Bird feeder next to the window

My mum finds TV too much at times - it's like sensory overload. She has enjoyed the Opie scrapbooks mentioned earlier. She likes very, very simple word searches - I got them off Amazon by searching for word searches for elderly dementia. She loves reading old cards and letters too. Very simple jigsaws are good for her too. Fortunately she does still love singing hymns and old songs. She needs someone to prompt her to do all these things though. recently she has started to enjoy reading aloud to another person. I wonder if he would like those bubble popper toys?

Watching with interest. My dad isn’t at the advanced stage yet but his dementia is progressing fast. It’s so sad to see such a once busy and intelligent person do nothing for long stretches at a time. But he doesn’t seem to unhappy. I’ll look for the word searches books.

This might sound weird but my DM really enjoyed a talking toy elf. It was one of those toys that mimics back your words if you say something.

Even when her dementia was really advanced and she couldn't talk she used to make noises and enjoy the elf mimicking them back.

Was thinking I've bought DS a Tonie , it's a simple audio player for books, might work for a dementia suffer. You put the figure ontop. My FIL isn't actually my DH's dad, but MIL most recent husband so we wouldn't spend as much as a Tonie, but just buy a tocken gift, although as hard as it is he really benefited from someone to take him on a short walk regularly. MIL had a carer do this, but they moved away after a couple of years (due to local house prices)

A fish tank (obviously filled with fish, plants etc,)

A twiddle muff or blanket. The muffs are quite quick and easy to make - if you know anyone who knits! There’s a pattern online, from Oxford hospitals IIRC.

From (too much) experience of dementia, people may lose virtually all interest in presents, and may well have not a clue that it’s Christmas anyway - despite tree and other decorations up.
Though having said that, a box of her former favourite chocs (Milk Tray!) always went down well with my DM, but she showed zero interest in anything else.
FiL was much the same.