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Even if it is a small issue to you, or to some, it is exactly those issues that can send us over the edge at times, driving us crazy. When we feel helpless to make a change. When we build resentment over caregiving someone we would rather not. When the elder is uncooperative.
How you can deal with it is one thing. How you FEEL about it is another.
You used the words: "I feel like both a prison guard AND prisoner in my own house.... thanks for letting me vent! ". You are not alone! It is annoying. More than that.
I have said those words myself. "I feel like a prisoner in my own home".
More so when nearing burnout and needing a break, a "prison break"
you could say. So, take a half day, or a full day with your daughter and grand- daughter in another location. It may save your sanity. imo.
When small things start to bother you it’s time for a break. I want you to seriously think about something though while you are taking a break.
Will you be going back to the same old crap that is driving you crazy? If the answer is ‘yes’ it is most likely a time to consider other arrangements for your FIL. That’s a big clue that it simply isn’t working.
I had a friend that separated from her husband. Her husband checked out of the marriage. She asked him to do counseling. His answer was that she could do it alone.
So she took a break. She got an apartment and hoped her husband would come to his senses. She didn’t want a divorce.
She was about ready to file for divorce because it took him 18 months to contact her and say that he missed her. He proceeded to tell her that he wanted her to come back home. She quickly asked him, “Come back home to what?” I am not going back to what we had. If you go to counseling with me I will consider a future with you.”
He did it. He went to counseling. She did eventually go back but on her terms. She still says those latter years were the best years of her marriage until he died a couple of years ago.
So if everything remains the same as it as it is now and you are not able to go back home to a house with your FIL driving you crazy, something has to change. You won’t regret it.
You will regret accepting a lifestyle that you despise.
Provide him with hand sanitizer before touching the child?
While you are hovering, bring him a hot washcloth, hand it to him.
He should know to at least wipe his hands with it before dinner, if not, his brain is damaged so that is why his hygiene has declined.
Does H have other siblings that can take THEIR turn if the mindset is "Daddy will never be put in a facility!"?