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Dad needs you to remain his daughter and not become his bather for instance if that’s possible. You and your husband need to be able to visit your grown children without worrying about dad at home by himself. The grands need to be able to come over and visit and dad have a quieter space to retreat to when he is tired or it’s all too much.
Your siblings need a place to come sit with dad and visit in his space without you always being there and without you feeling like you have to entertain them. Maybe they have a morning of the week to come have coffee with dad and you sleep in. It doesn’t have to be a separate living room. My nephews used to come over and play dominoes or cards with my dad in his bedroom because he had a little table and comfortable chairs in his bedroom. He would also play solitare on an old computer when he couldn’t sleep. He had his westerns going on his tv a good deal of the time. He still spent time in the family room with my mother but she could visit on the phone or visit with lady friends and he had his man cave. They were very comfortable and it was comfortable to visit them. Little things to give him his privacy and you and husband retain yours to a degree.
So much easier to set things up from the get go.
Siblings often wonder why the others don’t visit. Sometimes I think they would like to see their mom or dad more but not so much their BIL or SIL etc.
Good luck and come back to let us know how it’s going.
Oh and make sure dad pays his own way. He retains dignity. You are not spending your retirement funds etc.
Make sure all his legal documents are in place. Don’t have an absent brother being DPOA just because he’s oldest. Set things up to work.
Oh how I wished I would have done that during the time when I was going over to my parents house to help them with a variety of things.... I would usually find myself way to tired to even think about housework :P
Plan ahead if Dad is going to live with you. Set up Dad's bathroom, if you haven't already, with grab bars in the bathtub/shower. If Dad has mobility problems, like starting to fall, there are grab bars that one can set up around the toilet. My Dad was so glad to have them.
And as Kimber mentioned above, make Dad's rooms like he had them back at his house. I made sure I could set the bed, night stand and highboy in the exact location as to what Dad was use to. That way when Dad woke up in the middle of the night he could see his highboy and know he was in his own room. Don't buy a new bedspread, keep the old one as another sense of familiar.
My Dad also wanted all of his books, we were able to narrow it down to 200 books and his bookcases. At first I didn't want to deal with all the books but Dad insisted, so I gave in, and glad I did, as once Dad was showing signs of dementia, the books were his cocoon.
It's a kind of "many hands make light work" idea. The less extra strain there is on you, the more relaxed the general atmosphere will be. And over time you are certain to need help if you are to keep him at home with you.