Hello everyone. My Dad has several things he keeps doing which I can only describe as 'nasty habits', and I wondered if anyone else has the same problem, and any advice on how to deal with it! Individually they are no big deal, but there are so many they are just about driving me nuts!
Teeth - He keeps taking his teeth out and rinsing them under the tap at the kitchen sink, he then clears his throat and spits in the sink before putting them back in. I've asked him numerous times to do it in the bathroom but he still continues.
Spitting - He seems to constantly clear his throat and spit. If at home he goes to the kitchen sink to do it, or into the waste bin in the kitchen. He even spat in the bin the other day when we had a visitor sat in the kitchen. Again, I've asked him to do it down the toilet or into tissue but he forgets. I have also found spit inside a drawer in his bedroom a couple of times.
Nails - He keeps getting knives from the kitchen drawer to clean out his nails - I bought him a little manicure set to try and cure this one, but he forgets he has it and just uses the nearest thing.
Toilet - Every time he goes for a wee there are always splashes on the floor and rim. I can't bring myself to mention this one to him. I'm thinking this one is inevitable for an 80 year old, and easily cleaned up!
Underwear and Socks - Unless I sneakily intervene, he wears the same underwear and socks and clothes day in day out. Even if he does change clothes he puts the dirty ones back. I have to sneak into his room while my husband distracts him downstairs, and go through everything to find the dirty stuff!
Poo - After he has had a bath there are nearly always poo marks on the towels. Mostly he keeps the wet towels in his room - he folds the up and puts them in a drawer. He caught me once taking them out and was furious and shouted at me for taking his towels away.
Drinks - He keeps emptying his cup out of the bedroom window at night - his room is above the living room and we hear his window open, drink lands on the living room windowsill and splashes up the window, then his window bangs shut. I don't understand this one at all, his room is right next to bathroom and he is in and out of the bathroom constantly. He fiercely denies that he does this!
OK that feels better now I written all that down!
Thanks.
Sue
Teeth - He keeps taking his teeth out and rinsing them under the tap at the kitchen sink, he then clears his throat and spits in the sink before putting them back in. I've asked him numerous times to do it in the bathroom but he still continues.
Spitting - He seems to constantly clear his throat and spit. If at home he goes to the kitchen sink to do it, or into the waste bin in the kitchen. He even spat in the bin the other day when we had a visitor sat in the kitchen. Again, I've asked him to do it down the toilet or into tissue but he forgets. I have also found spit inside a drawer in his bedroom a couple of times.
Nails - He keeps getting knives from the kitchen drawer to clean out his nails - I bought him a little manicure set to try and cure this one, but he forgets he has it and just uses the nearest thing.
Toilet - Every time he goes for a wee there are always splashes on the floor and rim. I can't bring myself to mention this one to him. I'm thinking this one is inevitable for an 80 year old, and easily cleaned up!
Underwear and Socks - Unless I sneakily intervene, he wears the same underwear and socks and clothes day in day out. Even if he does change clothes he puts the dirty ones back. I have to sneak into his room while my husband distracts him downstairs, and go through everything to find the dirty stuff!
Poo - After he has had a bath there are nearly always poo marks on the towels. Mostly he keeps the wet towels in his room - he folds the up and puts them in a drawer. He caught me once taking them out and was furious and shouted at me for taking his towels away.
Drinks - He keeps emptying his cup out of the bedroom window at night - his room is above the living room and we hear his window open, drink lands on the living room windowsill and splashes up the window, then his window bangs shut. I don't understand this one at all, his room is right next to bathroom and he is in and out of the bathroom constantly. He fiercely denies that he does this!
OK that feels better now I written all that down!
Thanks.
Sue