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He'll also likely be wiping it off toilets, furniture, bedding, and anywhere else her bum lands.
Next, remind him that he'll be diapering a full-sized adult at least every two hours around the clock, and ask how he'll like carrying loaded diapers out to the trash.
Tell him that hiring a wiper won't work, because that's what he's already paying for and not using that service, so obviously he doesn't want to do that.
Next ask him how he feels about seeing his mother stark naked, because he'll need to bathe her, too. Explain about cleaning under fat folds (if applicable), saggy breasts, and of course the need to thoroughly wash the lady bits.
I think appealing to a man's sense of mortification might just be the ticket.
I would think that 4-5 days in and he'll be racing back home.
However, if he moves her out of her AL and finds he cannot handle the work of caring for her (and he will) you'd be starting all over again with finding an AL for her.
Your DH is spending too much time with mom. It's not healthy for him or your marriage. She probably hasn't acclimated to the AL yet and if he is there everyday, taking care of her, why would she make any effort to adapt?
He also needs to block her calls and take only one per day.
Or he can ruin his marriage and his life by giving it all away for his mother.
What do YOU do?
State your feelings and then give him emotional support, but let him know that he has to choose between a marriage and mom. Sadly, this very dynamic has taken many a marriage down with it.
It's not like your MIL is living alone and without help, she has a situation where she has 24/7 help, if needed, and she's using your DH as an 'extra' where she should be availing herself of all the people she's PAYING for AL help.
Has she been dxed with dementia or some kind of cognitive decline? Or is this just the dynamic that she and DH have always had? Sometimes, it's hard to know.
I do feel your pain. I have nothing to do with my MIL and my DH reminds me over and over how awful I am to have stepped away from any kind of caregiving for her. However, he does so little it barely registers, so, he doesn't really have a leg to stand on.
Good Luck. I hope he sees a way to be a loving son, but a better husband.
Before he does this make him aware that he will not be bringing her to your home after he finds out that he cannot care for Mom. You will not be caring for her in any way. Tell him by caring for her he will need to bathe her and clean her up after going to the bathroom. He cannot expect you to do it. Remind him of the reason she was placed in an AL in the first place. He will find out you are right , he cannot care for her, but he has to see he can't. So, let him do what he wants. Just make sure he understands he still supports you. That his Mom is going to need to pay her own way because he has a wife.
Your profile says ur MIL has a Dementia. This is probably the cause of her neediness and other things. Some of the things u can do if she stays in the AL. Get rid of her phone. She can't call if she does not have it. If your husband cannot do that then u ignore her calls. You shut your phone off at night. Easy if its a cell, u put it on Do Not Disturb. She needs to depend on staff for her needs. Your husband does her no good being at her beck and call.
Please, make it clear that MIL cannot come to your home if this doesn’t work out.
The only place he should be going is to marriage counseling with you. He has a very dysfunctional co-dependent relationship with her, and he seems to know nothing about dementia (she's not crazy, her brain is broken by the disease). Please tell him he needs to choose you or her as the priority. He doesn't need to abandon his Mother, he just needs healthy boundaries and a therapist can help with this.
If he's that interested in seeing to his mother's every wish by moving in with her and out of his own home, I'd say he's in need of some serious therapy. He's putting her needs and desires above his wife's and that's not a sign of a healthy marriage or a healthy mind. Let him move in with his mother and give him a timeline to make up his mind. Say one month. After 30 days of indentured servitude to his mother, he can decide if he's moving in with her permanently or if you're filing for divorce. It's funny to think that all the services and caregivers in AL weren't good enough for the Queen Mother, yet one sonny boy waiting on her at home WILL be? 😂🤣
Best of luck. I'm sorry you've found yourself in such a terrible position.
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