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From the difficult child frying pan into Senile Dementia fire
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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 117314" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>When I was 19 I was so lucky I got to go to College... for a year and live with my Father who was under house arrest!!! Well he decided a way to get more money was to have his Father, whom I had never met before, come live with us!!! He was full blown Alzheimer's... Could barely walk. My Father's Girlfriend, who was 7 year's older than me!!! Was going to nursing school thank goodness. </p><p>SO we were forced to take care of "Grandpa"!!!</p><p>This was my payment for room and board... even though I was taking out huge loans for school and helping him build the house and the barn etc.... and being mentally abused!!! But still not enough!!!</p><p></p><p>So anyway, the thought of bathing this man who was techniquely my Grandfather was so disturbing to me!!! But we got a little bath stool, he could barely stand, and a hand held shower attachment. Got him undressed, I had to learn how to transfer him. Yes he was naked and yes I had to transfer him naked... I got the shower warmed up... got him on the seat, handed him the hand held shower had him kind of turned away from me, handed him a wash cloth with soap on it, I would ask him to wash his privates... I would step away for couple... ask him how it was going... then I would come back and wash his back, feet his hair etc. I then would rinse him all off... Have him kind of lean forward on me and rinse is privates, this way I didn't have to really look!!!</p><p>I would sit him back on the stool, put a bunch of soft warm towels on his wheel chair and transfer him over to the chair and wrap him up.</p><p></p><p>Then I would squirt some lotion into his hands and tell him to rub it in, lean him forward, rub it into his back... I would talk nicely to him and ask if it felt good...</p><p>(The funny thing is is he thought I was a boy half the time!!!) "Hey fellow, hand me my underpants!"</p><p>"Happy" was a Grumpy old man, but I think because we were nice and gave him some respect and let him have his dignity, he didn't mind the showers.</p><p></p><p>I never "loved" the showers, we did them once a week... unless he had an accident. </p><p>Just some ideas...</p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>I lasted one year in that house... my Dad yelled at me one too many times!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 117314, member: 3155"] When I was 19 I was so lucky I got to go to College... for a year and live with my Father who was under house arrest!!! Well he decided a way to get more money was to have his Father, whom I had never met before, come live with us!!! He was full blown Alzheimer's... Could barely walk. My Father's Girlfriend, who was 7 year's older than me!!! Was going to nursing school thank goodness. SO we were forced to take care of "Grandpa"!!! This was my payment for room and board... even though I was taking out huge loans for school and helping him build the house and the barn etc.... and being mentally abused!!! But still not enough!!! So anyway, the thought of bathing this man who was techniquely my Grandfather was so disturbing to me!!! But we got a little bath stool, he could barely stand, and a hand held shower attachment. Got him undressed, I had to learn how to transfer him. Yes he was naked and yes I had to transfer him naked... I got the shower warmed up... got him on the seat, handed him the hand held shower had him kind of turned away from me, handed him a wash cloth with soap on it, I would ask him to wash his privates... I would step away for couple... ask him how it was going... then I would come back and wash his back, feet his hair etc. I then would rinse him all off... Have him kind of lean forward on me and rinse is privates, this way I didn't have to really look!!! I would sit him back on the stool, put a bunch of soft warm towels on his wheel chair and transfer him over to the chair and wrap him up. Then I would squirt some lotion into his hands and tell him to rub it in, lean him forward, rub it into his back... I would talk nicely to him and ask if it felt good... (The funny thing is is he thought I was a boy half the time!!!) "Hey fellow, hand me my underpants!" "Happy" was a Grumpy old man, but I think because we were nice and gave him some respect and let him have his dignity, he didn't mind the showers. I never "loved" the showers, we did them once a week... unless he had an accident. Just some ideas... Good luck. I lasted one year in that house... my Dad yelled at me one too many times!!! [/QUOTE]
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