Recently Bruce has been taking food from other people at his day care. Today one of the other guys didn't like it and tried to hit him. The facility and I have tried everything we could think of to stop him but no luck. His doctor just today prescribed some meds to try and I'm going to lower the amount of days he goes. Gosh, I really hope the don't kick him out.
so sorry to hear it deb i hope the new meds help. this is always something we must be concerned about how they react around others. good luck. can you bring specific snax he likes and for him alone while he is there? like give him something every hr by the aides? it may keep him more complacent while hes got food in his hand.
This was very common in my husband's facility. The aides tried to prevent it. Funny thing was that the residents having their food taken didn't seem to mind.
My hb did this at home and continues in the "special unit" of the nursing home. Not everyone accepts this idea of sharing, and he's gotten into trouble twice. Doc started anti-anxiety meds. Now his head droops and he shuffles more when walking, but still takes stuff--that's not his and not always food. One day this week staff found him putting one of the decorative Santas under the covers of a woman's bed. Maybe he thought he was putting one of our kids to bed (which he seldom did).
lol my uncle was in a nursing home years ago an he had a girlfriend there that he thought was his wife,she was always after him to get the keys to the car so they could go on a trip,one day his daugther went to visit an couldn't find him so she passed by the "girlfriends" room an they were both packing a suitcase for a trip,he didn't pay any attention to his daugther,picked up the suitcase an off they went toddeling down the hall,he was carring the suitcase an he had a pair of her bloomers on his head, I've suggested it before we should all contribute these stories to a book an donate all the money to Joan,give the "newcomers" something to look forward to
Zibby I had to laugh at what your husband did. But, reality is you hear those stories all the time. It is part of nursing home life I think. My mother always wanted to eat the food on others plates, not her's. The nursing home dealt with it by putting her at a table alone. It was sad to see, but it solved her behavior.
I sent Bruce to day care with a bag of trail mix and one tootsie pop for the aides to give him after lunch. They said he had a good day. He didn't eat much of the trail mix. He shared it with his buddy there. But did eat all of the tootsie pop. Plus his new meds have seemed to calm him down a bit. He hasn't been pacing as much during the day. He also said my name for the first time in months yesterday. Made my day :)
deb its good to hear he had a good day and the treats helped keep him in a good mood. it surely would make for a good day to hear your name again. divvi