Suggestions for an electric shaver please

[Tilly13]

Hello
My Dad has Alzheimers and has been in a Care Home for 7 months.
With assistance of at home Carers he would wet shave ( with occasional refusals ) but is now much more resistant and so is now not shaving at all.
Many years ago he would use an electric shaver when on his caravan trips away and wonder if this might be better than a wet shave.

Has anyone found that electric shavers are easier and any particular type?
Thanks

 

[nitram]

I've always used a 3 head Philishave, first mains and for about last 50 years mains rechargeable.
They are used against grain.

 

[Shedrech]

I used the same as nitram ... though dad grew gradually more resistant and didn't like the feeling so in the end it wasn't worth putting him through the discomfort .. He grew a lovely white beard, I teased him that he looked like Father Christmas, which made him chuckle; a special memory

 

[Tilly13]

Ah - thanks for your replies @nitram and @Shedrech .
I wouldn't be too concerned about Dad growing a beard but my Mum who lives with him is quite vocal about her dislike of his whiskers.

 

[jennifer1967]

my husband has the same rechargeable phillips 3 head wet and dry razor. i dont like his whiskers either although he did have a goatee at one stage. i think the trick is not to let it grow too much then it wont take long to shave. carers will probably prefer an electric one. i really dont like wet shaving men as im worried its a blunt razor or i will nick their faces.

 

[Thethirdmrsc]

My husband was obsessive about shaving, but can no longer do it himself. He has a combination of a wet shave, but he also has a small battery Philips rotating head one, and a Remington foil head one. They are very good in the home about keeping him shaved, and I only have to do his top lip occasionally.

 

[nitram]

my husband has the same rechargeable phillips 3 head wet and dry razor

I didn't go for the wet and dry, I find the dry OK, shaving before washing face gives best results.
I can wash it out under a running tap, much better than the old system using a brush.

 

[jennifer1967]

he goes for dry shave when i remind him he needs a shave.

 

[Tilly13]

Thank you for all your replies
I will look at the Phillips shavers and talk with the home too.