And battles for the remote control? My 2 year old beautiful house is no longer clean and beautiful. My sweet husband has moderate dementia and wants to stay independent. But he spills EVERYTHING. And he breaks EVERYTHING. And now the house has that nursing home smell that I am fighting to eliminate. He bathes 3 times a day so he remains personally clean. Any ideas from others?
Also, a presenter at a conference who has Alzheimers recommended that we not change the channel on the TV from the program that the patient is watching. My husband watches the same few programs over and over and over again. Is this healthy for him? I hate to go into another room to watch a little TV and not be with him. But I hate to see him lose interest and start fidgeting when he can't follow my program.
How do others cope? And thank you all so much for your gracious advice.
Look for spill proof mugs, like the kind they use on a boat, with a wider bottom.
Breakage: give him unbreakable plates/bowls. Corelle is nice looking.
Odors: get the "blue water" toilet deodorizers that hang in the water tank.
Cover his favorite chair with a washable throw. Buy new pillows for the bed. Pillows retain odors.
Sprinkle carpet deodorizer into trash baskets when you reline them.
Change your furnace filter every 3 months and spray Febreze on it.
Hopefully you have tile walls near the toilet, so you can scrub off the "overspray" regularly.
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And hubby better not think it is an insult to sit down and pee like a girl. Otherwise, hand him the Comet and the sponge and tell him to clean up his mess. My Mom [97] is doing that every thing with Dad [93] to get him to wear Depends. It's working, recently Dad bought a package of Depends :)