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Have you spoken to the social workers at the hospital about the situation in your parents' home? You have an opportunity here to place your father. I'm not sure I understand why you and your mom are not seeing that.
If dad is incontinent in the hospital, why do you think it will improve at home? Will he willingly wear pullups? Is your mother physically strong enough to change him if he resists?
He must be quite de-conditioned, having spend 12 days in bed/a chair. Was he getting any physical therapy in the hospital? How far can he walk on his own?
In your shoes, I would ask for consideration of a few weeks of inpatient rehab. It will give you all a much better idea of whether this is the new normal?
Oh and....he was trying to keep your mother from doing what she needed to do? Do you see that as a ref flag for the fact that it may not be safe for him to be at home any longer?
I just checked and found your previous post: https://www.agingcare.com/questions/need-to-get-my-mother-away-from-my-father-asap-449012.htm?orderby=recent
Why are you even considering sending him home? He needs to be in long term care!
Or just get mom out of there now!
Allowing a dementia patient to call the shots is a classic "letting the tail wag the dog" scenario.
I understand that you respect and maybe fear your father's wrath. But if you all can't stand up to him (he's a bully; most bullies fold when you stand up to them, btw) then you need to step back and let the authorities take over.
I hope that you can get your mother to safety before this untenable caregiving situation does her any more harm.
Unsolicited advice: You say Dad is “hopefully” being discharged with a “care package.” You aren’t certain? Dad has cognitive issues, is a fall risk and now may be incontinent as well. You need to step in and make sure their discharge plan will keep them safe and get them the help they need. The fact that they kept him in the hospital for almost two weeks because they were concerned about lack of proper care for him is a serious red flag.
Even if Mom and Dad say they’re ok and even if on the surface they’re putting up a good front and refusing help, behind the scenes you and your sibs, if you have them, need to make sure they’re getting the help they need. The fact that they kept him in the hospital for almost two weeks because they were concerned about lack of proper care for him is a serious red flag.
Mom may say she’s ok and doesn’t need help, but I can tell you from experience that she needs help and probably doesn’t want to ask for it. If Dad is so needy that he would endanger himself and Mom by trying to grab her to keep her from leaving the room, their situation may warrant a discussion about ramping up his care.
I hope I’m off base here and that you and any sibs are keeping a close eye on them. However, because falls can happen in a split second, and this time, Mom was “lucky” and wasn’t injured, maybe it’s time to have a discussion about changes that might need to be made.
I agree, this is the time to place Dad. You need a meeting with the DON to find out what is going on. Then u need to tell them what goes on in ur parents home. He can be put on Medicaid and placed in LTC. Mom will be considered the Community Spouse and will not made impoverished.
Him living with Mom is not fair to her. He may one day hurt her.
It seems pretty clear that he are no longer safe living alone in the community without 24/7 help, I agree with the suggestions to look into rehab for your father and some king of permanent supportive arrangement beyond that.
Is your mother willing to say that she can no longer care for him? Is she willing to say "no, I won't take him home"? Is she willing to leave with you, at least temporarily?
Caregiving your difficult, mentally ill father is going to kill your mother. There really is no way to sugar coat that message; I saw it happen to two of my aunts. They were both convinced that only they could provide proper care for their husbands and "what would the neighbors think?".
Not surprisingly, both husbands lived quite contentedly in care for quite a while after their wives' demise. It's a very common, and very sad situation.
It's true, you can't force him into care. But you CAN say "we can no longer safely care for him" and "no, mother cannot do this alone".
By the way, when mom dies, are you going to move in with him to keep him at home? What is your plan for when mom expires? Believe me, I'm not saying this to be mean. You really need to think about what the long term plan is here.