Good morning carers!
Please offer me any advice you can. Dad (88, mixed dementia) has started to leave a trail of urine on the floor on route to the toilet at night I'm worried about slips, trips and falls. I have handrails up but I have visions of him sliding and slipping. Do any of you know of any particular matts I could purchase, something like a kylie sheet for the floor that I could wash and reuse?! Up until last Monday he was sleeping upstairs and the carpet absorbed everything. (Soda bic, white wine vinegar, rug doctor and vanish carpet cleaner all assisted with any smells!) I've been waiting for the opportunity to get him to move downstairs. The garage has been converted to a bedroom to facilitate him staying at home for as long as possible, all tiles and laminate waterproof flooring. He couldn't get out of bed on Monday due to back pain so I took my chances and so far all is well. However, I've been sleeping on a camp bed in the kitchen just in case he got disoriented. I now want to move back to my own room and was thinking of buying a video baby monitor so I could check on him without having to get out of bed myself unnecessarily to wipe the floor of urine puddles
Many thanks for reading. X
Please offer me any advice you can. Dad (88, mixed dementia) has started to leave a trail of urine on the floor on route to the toilet at night I'm worried about slips, trips and falls. I have handrails up but I have visions of him sliding and slipping. Do any of you know of any particular matts I could purchase, something like a kylie sheet for the floor that I could wash and reuse?! Up until last Monday he was sleeping upstairs and the carpet absorbed everything. (Soda bic, white wine vinegar, rug doctor and vanish carpet cleaner all assisted with any smells!) I've been waiting for the opportunity to get him to move downstairs. The garage has been converted to a bedroom to facilitate him staying at home for as long as possible, all tiles and laminate waterproof flooring. He couldn't get out of bed on Monday due to back pain so I took my chances and so far all is well. However, I've been sleeping on a camp bed in the kitchen just in case he got disoriented. I now want to move back to my own room and was thinking of buying a video baby monitor so I could check on him without having to get out of bed myself unnecessarily to wipe the floor of urine puddles
Many thanks for reading. X