For example to church where we've been attending for 50+ Last week we went out to a grocery store, and coming back he said he would never be able to figure out how to get home. He just wants to stay home and sit on the porch. Is he having fears about getting back home when he is out? Am wondering about other folks experience with this? I don't know whether to press him about going out?
There is a calming feeling about being home, and that I can understand. Home becomes one's cocoon :) It could be your hubby doesn't feel comfortable in crowds, like at church or in the grocery store.
There are many 55+ communities all around the States. Now would be a good time to move while hubby can still learn his way around and make new friends at the complex. If your home has stairs, that will eventually become a problem. My Dad had to move from his home into an one level apartment as he was a major fall risk with his early dementia.