Hubby will wake up during the nite needing to p_e, but doesn't know where the bathroom is (he's lived in this home for 30 years) or how to pull down his pants and p_e. He doesn't have a UTI as we're on Urologist watch right now. It's a dementia thing.
I have found with my husband it works best to let him stay up after the first time he wakes up to pee around 2 a.m. He will have a bowl of cereal & fall asleep on the couch for the rest of the night. I go back to sleep too. For some reason, he will keep waking up if I keep putting him back to bed. I think part of the getting up is him thinking he needs to go to work. Eating cereal tries him out, I guess, & he forgets about going to work.
Recently my husband has started wanting to go pee every 10 to 20 minutes starting around 3 p.m. Drives me crazy!! A form of sundowning? Sometimes I can sidetrack him with activities, like "folding" laundry. I have a basket of old clothes & towels that are always in the basket. He doesn't notice that they are the same & always in the basket.
A man was sent once because when asked, I didn't care if a man or woman came. Well, no more men. Hubby, being in law enforcement, didn't like this burley gentleman helping him at night. So women at night only. Daytime? Well, we'll see if and when I'll need a full time daytime caregiver.
Thank you for your answers.
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