I went down to visit family, including Dad, and it was the first time I've gone down not dealing with some kind of emergency in months. My brother took him out with his kids for lunch and he found it quite taxing, saying he felt unwell and dizzy, but I think he's so settled into the routine of the CH that he missed a snack time and his blood sugar dropped, or just the excitement and exertion was a bit much. Once he'd had some food he was fine but I did mention it to the CH.
I went to see him the day after just for a visit and a chat with the manager.
Unclear as to whether he removed his stitches on purpose or not, the CH manager thinks he did it on purpose but what can we do - it's healing well anyway so not really an issue long term. even the very long term wound on his foot is healing up.
Laundry remains an issue as does getting those ripped trousers out of circulation, but they are working on it. He's mostly complaining about the food so I think he's settled in! He doesn't trust most meat alternatives and prefers vegetable based foods so they are trying to find an agreeable, balanced and varied menu!