I try to take him out or lucky enough he plays golf a bit , but if he has his mind fixed on it I cannot move him ,my Daughter says just stop him. I said anytime you like you can come and give it a try !!!! I now give up and will just hope he gets to the point where he loses interest , but also this means he has got worse ,you cant win ,,Just a Day at a time , its the only way to carry on Big hug from me , xxx

its a double edged sword . I want him to stop fixing things but realise that that means he is losing interest in things , it is such an awful thing we have to live with , Big hug and a day at a time xx

My husband did this ALL THE TIME. He would take things apart to "fix" them, then have no idea how to put it back - get all angry if I tried to help, take forever to do something simple. I had to call repair people on a couple of these "fixes". As his condition worsened, his fixing mostly stopped. If he started to get worried about something I would tell him that I have already called the repairman and he will be here Tuesday to fix it. This always makes me sooo very sad. All our married life (39+) he could build, or repair anything! Now, he cant even hang a picture. :(

I wonder if it would help if you went to a thrift store like Goodwill or City Mission and picked up some items for him to work on. Maybe bringing something like a clock radio or a nightstand with sticky drawers to him showing him the problem or just saying this doesn’t work right, do you think you could try to fix it?

I go through the same thing.He was a truck driver all his life and he goes to the garage and moves everything around.i cant find anything anymore.He thinks he is working all day and says he is tired at night.i have to watch him all the time as he will wounder off.