OK guys, here is a new one for you. Husband just out of the blue says he is going to sleep in the NUDE tonight. While I stared at him with my mouth open, he very seriously explained how he thought that would keep his covers from "eating him up".
He obviousle never thought about his getting cold and he complains of that every morning. We will see how things go tonight and this might give you a little chuckle today.
oh man, i can envision that but not holding the image for long:))haha. my goodness, i hope you prepare the bed for the 'what ifs' during the nite. he will wonder where his clothes are if he gets up to the bathroom..awww. let us know how it goes. divvi ps why dont you try to leave some soft houseshoes on his feet and leave them sticking out the bottom of bedding. i do this so he can get out from under the covers easier. divvi
He is pretty weak in his legs and just a little weight, like covers, I think makes him feel "tied down" and he sort of panics. He thinks that is the cause of him falling out of bed a few times, and may be because he has to "rock" some to get his legs over the side. Anyway, I seriously doubt sleeping in the nude will help the situation and probally make it worse because he will get cold. I have removed his top sheet months ago and he does better with just a quilt as a cover.
microfiber is very smooth-almost like silk. If you don't tuck it in maybe husband won't feel trapped. I've seen them at BigLots for not too much dinero
maybe he would sleep better in one of those comfy reclining chairs that lays back insted of the bed now. my DH sleeps most of the time in the day,i find him snoring away in ours.
divvi, mine does also but his Dr. wants him sleeping nights in the bed because he tends to develop a sore place on his tailbone and sitting in the chair 24/7 basically makes that worse. Also, I wonder if it doesn't make his bend posture worse.
I have been debating with myself over whether or not to respond to this line of discussion, and have decided to go ahead. My wife and I have been sleeping nude since we were married (54 years). She now wears only Depends to bed due to wetting. The advantages of sleeping nude are: 1) it actually is warmer since your body heat warms up the covers sooner if not blocked by pajamas 2) You don't get all tangled up in the pajamas. On the few occasions when I have had to wear pajamas I have felt restricted, and get tangled when I try to turn over.
So, I feel that sleeping nude is more comfortable, warmer, and less expensive (you don't have to keep buying pajamas). The only down side is that there is no point in my buying my wife expensive nightgowns, etc. lmohr, if you husband wants to sleep nude, let him try it. He might sleep better. It certainly can't do any harm.
Thanks for your imput. So, sounds like husband may know what he is talking about when he talks about "tangled or eaten" by the covers or pajamas. Anyway, I was not going to comment to him either way, but he just dressed as usual after his shower.
He has been doing his own shower again the past 3 weeks. I have been thankful for that. Every little improvment they make is welcome.
A couple of comments - 1) the recliner for sleeping. My BIL also has AD and stayed almost constantly in his recliner night and day. He developed a little infected hole in the tailbone area and it has taken months to heal. He now is in a NH with one of those pads on his bed that constantly moves. 2) I agree with Marsh about sleeping in the nude.
...or have you looked into the idea of getting a hospital bed? The electric ones raise the head of the bed by just pressing the control button. I didn't look around very much, but it appears you can get one for as little as $600, and maybe your insurance would cover it.
Medicare will cover a hospital bed if medically necessary, with copay of course. Both of ours raise and lower head, foot, and whole bed, with separate buttons (2 for each). Ours were each set up as rentals for 13 months and then they are considered paid for. Our copays in $35 per month range, per bed.
Thanks for the advice. I will keep the push-up bars in mind — maybe later. Husband is not into using assistance very much. Ex. He has 4 canes, 1 transport chair (which he will use at granddaughters basketball games). Lift chair (I have on the ready), walker with 2 wheels, 4 wheel walker, just sitting here. Also Side bed rails. He sleeps in a craft-matic bed which he does not adjust. Last night I turned on the bed massager for him. Also, bought his one of those Gadgets to help him get out of the car and a swivel seat pad not using.
I would like to find a gadget that fits on a car seat belt to make it easier for him to "find" his seatbelt. Sometimes I have to get out of the car in order To reach behind him and find the seat belt. If anyone knows where to find that I would be grateful.
Marsh, my husband and I have slept nude most of our married life. I don't know how I'm going to deal with my husband once he starts having accidents! I'm still for sleeping nude though.
lmohr---When we had our truck, I used an extender on the seatbelt so I could retrieve the belt and then to get it buckled, because I had reach problems. Didn't need the extender for extra circumfrence then (lol). We got them from a dealership and they weren't very expensive.
I just ordered the seat belt extender and a jar opener from Amazon on this site. I have looked and looked and could not find them and I think I was typing in a wrong word. If any of you don't have a mount under the cabinet jar opener, they are great. The current one I have doesn't work, I think I bought it at Big Lots, so I hope this new one will. Thanks for your help.
My husband isn't into using assistance either. He trips over a cane, has no idea what to do with the walker. He falls so easily, I have tried to get him to use a urinal at night so that he doesn't have to get up , again, seems to have no idea how to use it and doesn't "do" anything if I hold it for him. He has a lovely lift chair that he loved when he first got it but won't use it now. He reclined it one time then kept hitting the down button when he wanted up. I wasn't in the room and he thought he was stuck and panicked and tried to climb out. Won't use it at all now. We too have slept nude most of our married life and even though I now wear a night gown due to getting up and down so much at night and I am cold, he continues to sleep on in his underwear.
..which brings us to the monthly admonition: don't spend too much on assistance aids. Get them second hand, at a garage sale, local ad, mason's warehouse - ask around. Because only too often they'll use something once and never again, and that can't help but make resentments. As far as I can see, too, the depends-type "underwear" is identical from brand to brand except for the price.
Good suggestion briegul. I bought all our stuff (most all) used. Got the lift chair for $200. and it looks like new as does the CraftMatic bed for $300. I should be able to recoup all my money when I decide to sell them. He hasn't used the lift chair much for the same reason ehamilton had but there may come a time. I just moved it into the extra bedroom. The transport chair I bought new and it has come in handy a couple of times taking him to the grandchildrens ballgames. It only weight 18 lbs, much less than a wheelchair and I can put it in the trunk of our car with very little effort.