Well, I'm often bed bond and ALWAYS housebound(virtually always)and my illness means I can't even concentrate well enough to watch TV let alone read any longer. Being bedridden just makes the depths of my manic depression(I'm also Bipolar as well as suffering from Crohns and Colitis)ever worse so I would just lie there listlessly in the hope I could fend off the desire to end it all.
What I'm saying, i guess, is there's being bed ridden and then there's being bed ridden. If you'ree otherwise healthy and have, say, a badly broken foot or minor operation to recover from then most people's suggestions are right but if it's longer term with complications it's also a mental prison as well as just being a bit bored in bed.
Christ, i won't even claim disability benefits(though I qualify) as I don't want my kids getting their dad called a scrounger-the world sucks atm.