Well, this morning was fun. Dad acknowledged the message from yesterday, asking him to stay home this morning. He even sent a second message, telling me I should tell the nurse to reverse onto the drive (not drive in forwards!) because there are roadworks. Within about an hour of him sending that message, the Ring doorbell showed him setting off, hat and coat on - this was about 09:15. I pulled over and connected with Ring and called him to come back. He eventually came back up the drive and spoke into the bell. He insisted he needed to go to the shop immediately, to get food. I asked had he not eaten breakfast, he didn't reply and just started shouting that he WAS GOING TO THE SHOP and nothing I could say/do would stop him. It was like speaking to a toddler who was told no to having chocolate or something. I gave up and carried on to work. He went to the shop and came back without evidence of buying anything. Fortunately, the nurses arrived about 5mins after he got back from the shop. They seem to have stayed around 50mins, hopefully I'll get an update at some point.
It was just his reaction to being reminded to stay home for the nurse visit, shortly after him accepting he WOULD stay at home 🤦♀️