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<blockquote data-quote="Wisteria Farms" data-source="post: 637673" data-attributes="member: 6734"><p>Ladies...</p><p></p><p>We have grandpa in an assisted living but he has been moved to the wing that is just one step down from the Alzheimer's unit. They keep telling us that he needs to be IN the Alzheimer's unit (or worse a nursing home) and I'm just waiting for them to kick him out. My aunt has POA and doesn't want to admit that he's "that bad" but he really is. He's lost continance and wears a "depends" 24/7. He's been written up for getting sexually aggressive with the staff (something that he NEVER would have done in his right mind)...but she keeps begging them to not change his surroundings (which they have been wonderful) but I know he's taking way too much supervision and its only a matter of time before they make us move him. </p><p></p><p>I remember taking him out to dinner (a buffet)...Jeff and I were on the atkins diet...so we ate only the meat. Grandpa followed me through the buffet line and when we sat down I noticed he had only meat on his plate too... evidently he had copied what we did, and it made me so sad because I know he loves salads and such. Another time we took him out to eat and, you know how they'll bring you the salads before the meal? Well, he ordered something that didn't come with a salad (maybe it was a burger..I can't remember) but when the waitress brought the rest of us the salads and he didn't get one HE GOT IRATE!!!! Oh my gosh. The worst was when he P'd on a trucks tire with people INSIDE the truck...We were at a Halloween parade and he took off running..by the time my aunt caught him he'd stopped and did his business on the tire. As she was saying "dad you can't do that" she noticed the people in the truck. She was so embarrassed. Its just so hard a thing to deal with and I think mostly because you know the person they were and how it would hurt them to know themself at this stage. I'm so sorry you're going through this but I think the best thing you can do is talk with other people who know what its like...its a horrible disease... I'll keep you in my prayers ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wisteria Farms, post: 637673, member: 6734"] Ladies... We have grandpa in an assisted living but he has been moved to the wing that is just one step down from the Alzheimer's unit. They keep telling us that he needs to be IN the Alzheimer's unit (or worse a nursing home) and I'm just waiting for them to kick him out. My aunt has POA and doesn't want to admit that he's "that bad" but he really is. He's lost continance and wears a "depends" 24/7. He's been written up for getting sexually aggressive with the staff (something that he NEVER would have done in his right mind)...but she keeps begging them to not change his surroundings (which they have been wonderful) but I know he's taking way too much supervision and its only a matter of time before they make us move him. I remember taking him out to dinner (a buffet)...Jeff and I were on the atkins diet...so we ate only the meat. Grandpa followed me through the buffet line and when we sat down I noticed he had only meat on his plate too... evidently he had copied what we did, and it made me so sad because I know he loves salads and such. Another time we took him out to eat and, you know how they'll bring you the salads before the meal? Well, he ordered something that didn't come with a salad (maybe it was a burger..I can't remember) but when the waitress brought the rest of us the salads and he didn't get one HE GOT IRATE!!!! Oh my gosh. The worst was when he P'd on a trucks tire with people INSIDE the truck...We were at a Halloween parade and he took off running..by the time my aunt caught him he'd stopped and did his business on the tire. As she was saying "dad you can't do that" she noticed the people in the truck. She was so embarrassed. Its just so hard a thing to deal with and I think mostly because you know the person they were and how it would hurt them to know themself at this stage. I'm so sorry you're going through this but I think the best thing you can do is talk with other people who know what its like...its a horrible disease... I'll keep you in my prayers ;-) [/QUOTE]
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