I'd post more, but family comes first right now. Fil and mil are now both on hospice.
Last night my mil tried to eat her paper plate, napkins and bite off the end of a fork. I am amazed she did not break any teeth. She was serious about eating them and was not happy with me taking them away. She made a growling sound when I removed the paper plate from her mouth. It took both hands to pull out the fork.
At random times she continues to do and ask for socially unacceptable things. Sometimes she even shocks me.
fil is back to throwing out his socks and underwear. So each evening I get to look for them.
Fil il now has to be watched more. He placed efferdent tablets in his mouth instead of the denture holder again. He walked over to me and said something is not right and opened his mouth. At least he did not swollow them.
They both now don't have a concept of time. He will get up at random times each night, get dressed go in the other room for a few minutes. Then go to his bedroom, get undressed and go to bed again. He does that one to three times each night. At random times he will stop, and call out that he does not know what he is doing. My guess is his thought process just goes blank.
Each day is like groundhogs day. They see the same new things and ask about them with excitement. It drives my wife nuts. I've started moving books around to change up the discovery routine.
I know I'm in trouble when he walks up to me and tries to smell my breath. He thinks at random times I am drunk and wants me to stop my heavy drinking. My wife then has to calm him down for 10 minutes before he moves on to something else. If I go to the store after dark he worries I'm at the bar and with other women. He paces around the house until I come back.
Last night he had 58 events on the cameras. The events are movements between the bed, bathroom and leaving his room. Movements on his bed don't count. He gets around ok, but those days are probably numbered. He is most likely a few months from a hospital bed with full side rails to keep him in bed at night.
We have had a powered hoyer lift for the last few weeks. It's nice to have to move the mil or fil if they are having a bad day.
Last night my mil tried to eat her paper plate, napkins and bite off the end of a fork. I am amazed she did not break any teeth. She was serious about eating them and was not happy with me taking them away. She made a growling sound when I removed the paper plate from her mouth. It took both hands to pull out the fork.
At random times she continues to do and ask for socially unacceptable things. Sometimes she even shocks me.
fil is back to throwing out his socks and underwear. So each evening I get to look for them.
Fil il now has to be watched more. He placed efferdent tablets in his mouth instead of the denture holder again. He walked over to me and said something is not right and opened his mouth. At least he did not swollow them.
They both now don't have a concept of time. He will get up at random times each night, get dressed go in the other room for a few minutes. Then go to his bedroom, get undressed and go to bed again. He does that one to three times each night. At random times he will stop, and call out that he does not know what he is doing. My guess is his thought process just goes blank.
Each day is like groundhogs day. They see the same new things and ask about them with excitement. It drives my wife nuts. I've started moving books around to change up the discovery routine.
I know I'm in trouble when he walks up to me and tries to smell my breath. He thinks at random times I am drunk and wants me to stop my heavy drinking. My wife then has to calm him down for 10 minutes before he moves on to something else. If I go to the store after dark he worries I'm at the bar and with other women. He paces around the house until I come back.
Last night he had 58 events on the cameras. The events are movements between the bed, bathroom and leaving his room. Movements on his bed don't count. He gets around ok, but those days are probably numbered. He is most likely a few months from a hospital bed with full side rails to keep him in bed at night.
We have had a powered hoyer lift for the last few weeks. It's nice to have to move the mil or fil if they are having a bad day.