Day 3 of assisted living (AL)

[Guest guest]

I got to Dad's this morning and the first thing Dad told me was that

he lost his keys. I scoured his room, retraced his steps this

morning, and couldn't find his keys anywhere. I checked his clothes

from yesterday, his pants pockets today, coat, etc. So, off we go

to Walmart to do his shopping, and figure the keys will turn up

later. We walk out of Walmart and he suddenly reaches down into his

pants pockets and pulls out his keys. He says something about the

in-between lining reaching all the way down the pants, and that

somehow the keys had slipped into this void.

We get back to his room, put up a bulletin board, do some other

little things, and I notice why he couldn't find his keys. His

comfy jogging-type pants were on backwards, and the pocket hung down

the back of his leg! We had a pretty good chuckle out of it, and

when I left, he said he was going to quickly reverse his pants so

that nobody was the wiser.

On our shopping trip, we talked about his feelings about AL. He

said he didn't have anything to complain about at all, except for

one little thing. They kept waking him up at 2 or 3 in the morning,

to give him his medicines, and then again to give him his eyedrops.

I mentioned he probably fell asleep early and that it was more like

8 pm, and it was just like when I woke him up for his medicines at

home. So, that's a pretty good review, from a guy who always finds

something he doesn't like even in great surroundings. We talked

about how it would take a week or two to work out the little bumps

like that, but I was sure we could find a way that he didn't get

disturbed in the middle of the night. He said that he was doing

much better today than the first day, so I think that he's doing

pretty well considering the big change. WHEW!

[Guest guest]

I am so glad to hear that your dad is adjusting...it is so much easier when

it goes that way...my mother on the other hand, begged me everyday to take

her home. She said she would be fine, that we were exaggerating the

situation and so on. This went on for...well let me see...mom was in there

for 8 months...yep went on for 8 months...funny thing is, she says she was

in there for 2 years...sheesh

Kath

Day 3 of assisted living ( " AL " )

> I got to Dad's this morning and the first thing Dad told me was that

> he lost his keys. I scoured his room, retraced his steps this

> morning, and couldn't find his keys anywhere. I checked his clothes

> from yesterday, his pants pockets today, coat, etc. So, off we go

> to Walmart to do his shopping, and figure the keys will turn up

> later. We walk out of Walmart and he suddenly reaches down into his

> pants pockets and pulls out his keys. He says something about the

> in-between lining reaching all the way down the pants, and that

> somehow the keys had slipped into this void.

>

> We get back to his room, put up a bulletin board, do some other

> little things, and I notice why he couldn't find his keys. His

> comfy jogging-type pants were on backwards, and the pocket hung down

> the back of his leg! We had a pretty good chuckle out of it, and

> when I left, he said he was going to quickly reverse his pants so

> that nobody was the wiser.

>

> On our shopping trip, we talked about his feelings about AL. He

> said he didn't have anything to complain about at all, except for

> one little thing. They kept waking him up at 2 or 3 in the morning,

> to give him his medicines, and then again to give him his eyedrops.

> I mentioned he probably fell asleep early and that it was more like

> 8 pm, and it was just like when I woke him up for his medicines at

> home. So, that's a pretty good review, from a guy who always finds

> something he doesn't like even in great surroundings. We talked

> about how it would take a week or two to work out the little bumps

> like that, but I was sure we could find a way that he didn't get

> disturbed in the middle of the night. He said that he was doing

> much better today than the first day, so I think that he's doing

> pretty well considering the big change. WHEW!

>

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> Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

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[Guest guest]

:

Great news all around!! I'm so glad it all seems to be working out

evne though I know the journey is still nowhere near over.

You're both chuckling which is very good. Finding the humour in LBD

is difficult but necessary.

Hope tomorrow is just as good a day.

Abby