Since my Dads diagnosis our biggest battle ground seems to have become him no longer changing his pants and socks. He will only do it after having a shower and he will now only shower once a week when he needs a shave. The only other time he will change them is if he has a doctors appointment which he will have a shower for so change them then
He takes the dirty pants and socks off at night and then puts them back on again in the morning
Both myself and my mum have tried talking to him and he is just adamant they aren’t dirty
So tonight when he was in the bathroom after getting changing into his pjs I went into his bedroom got the offending pants and socks and put them in the dirty washing and walked away without saying anything. He walked in his bedroom, immediately noticed they had gone and went into the washing basket and took them back out for wearing tomorrow.
I will be honest and tell you I called him a dirty old man. I know this is wrong but I lost my cool. He can lose really important things, forget where certain things are, but notice immediately if someone moves his dirty underwear
What I’m asking is does anyone have any tips on what to try next?
Should I even bother trying anything or just let it go? (I’m concerned if doing that may lead to athletes foot etc)
Should I try getting my brother to talk to him? He is more removed from the situation
Thanks
He takes the dirty pants and socks off at night and then puts them back on again in the morning
Both myself and my mum have tried talking to him and he is just adamant they aren’t dirty
So tonight when he was in the bathroom after getting changing into his pjs I went into his bedroom got the offending pants and socks and put them in the dirty washing and walked away without saying anything. He walked in his bedroom, immediately noticed they had gone and went into the washing basket and took them back out for wearing tomorrow.
I will be honest and tell you I called him a dirty old man. I know this is wrong but I lost my cool. He can lose really important things, forget where certain things are, but notice immediately if someone moves his dirty underwear
What I’m asking is does anyone have any tips on what to try next?
Should I even bother trying anything or just let it go? (I’m concerned if doing that may lead to athletes foot etc)
Should I try getting my brother to talk to him? He is more removed from the situation
Thanks