I visited my wife in her care home the other day and found that she wasn't wearing any socks or shoes. I managed to help her to put some on. My sister found the same when she visited the previous day, but could not persuade her to wear either socks or shoes.
It doesn’t seem like much, but I am disappointed that she is being allowed to go round barefoot. She didn’t do this at home. She is not capable of dressing herself properly and I was hoping that the staff would by now be able to help her to put on clean underwear and socks every day and persuade her to wear shoes. I even thought that they might be able to get her to undress for bed but apparently they can’t. I know that she can be difficult if she does not want to dress or undress and that was one of my biggest challenges when she was at home. I had hoped that professional staff would be able to get round this.
I’m not really sure what to do but don’t feel that it should be left to me or other visitors to dress her properly …
It doesn’t seem like much, but I am disappointed that she is being allowed to go round barefoot. She didn’t do this at home. She is not capable of dressing herself properly and I was hoping that the staff would by now be able to help her to put on clean underwear and socks every day and persuade her to wear shoes. I even thought that they might be able to get her to undress for bed but apparently they can’t. I know that she can be difficult if she does not want to dress or undress and that was one of my biggest challenges when she was at home. I had hoped that professional staff would be able to get round this.
I’m not really sure what to do but don’t feel that it should be left to me or other visitors to dress her properly …