Hi all, it's been around 4 years since I posted...in that time my dad has gradually gone from the earlier stages of dementia-frontal lobe, to what I can only imagine are the latter stages... His current situation is that he resides in a nursing home, can't walk or talk or communicate effectively at all and is fed liquidised food and thickened fluids to prevent choking. He is skin and bones but as strong as an Ox with his grip-wo betide you if he manages to grab hold of your hand, he will squeeze it until it's about to burst! However in recent weeks / months he has really started harming himself which is very distressing. He bites a finger...again and again to the point where he has bitten it to the bone and even bitten chunks out of it...having numerous courses of antibiotics. The other thing he regularly does is gouge at one of his eyes...the same one. He has pulled the lower lid so much it drops, his eye has been blood red and has actually bled from tearing at the corners. The home are at a loss as to how they can stop this and so are we. We have tried gloves, teething toys, 1-1 care and nothing helps, at some point he gets the opportunity to either bite himself or rip at his eye and he is in a mess...he looks an absolute mess... We are at the end of our tether and just don't know what to do to stop him or help him and nor do the carers. Does anybody else have any experience of this, or any ideas that might help us?? Another thing he did several times (which will bring tears to your eyes) is rip open his scrotum-with his bare hands, usually in bed at night. We bought him onesies which seem to have done the trick, worn back to front. The one and only positive at the moment... His life is not one I would wish on my worst enemy thank you for reading, I'd be grateful for any suggestions