WOW! @SoldierCrab - that facility sounds FANTASTIC! That is in Bathurst, so not far from you? Brilliant. Was that arranged thru Aged Care?
Being diabetic as well, I am VERY aware of hubby's problems with infections .... you were lucky she got thru OK. Another dementia thing is the 'picking of sores' - hubby continually picks at them til they bleed (all over his clothes & bedding) and they are turning into keloid scars - thick & raised & he still picks the scabs off. :( He doesn't even realise he is doing it and gets stroppy when I tell him to stop.
OMG that would have been a HUGE worry during lockdown, specially having to go into care!! They are very much creatures of habit (I think it was being away from home that triggered the big leaks over the weekend with hubby's incontinence.) Now he is back home, he is settling down again. He wants us to pack up & move to a smaller house, but I think that would confuse him even more, so I am trying to avoid that conversation ....
Yes, it is exhausting isn't it? The lack of sleep in recent weeks is taking it's toll (re the incontinence.) I only woke up 2 last night - the best sleep I've had in ages!
Thank you so much for those contact numbers - I am sure @June1952 will find them handy as well! I will get onto them asap. NONE of these things have been mentioned to me, as his carer. :(
Take care & thank you again xx
