3-11 shift

I am on the 3 to 11 shift today.  While giving the men their supper I could tell that Bob wanted to talk to me about something.  He kept trying to talk to me during the meal, so I told him that I would sit with him after supper but did not have the time right now.  He is having more and more trouble doing the simplest things, though some days are better than others.  He was able to feed himself this evening, though it took him a great deal of time to do it.  He was also able to brush his teeth and that to was time consuming, but we try to get the men to do as much for themselves as possible.  So on some days we feed him, and brush his teeth, on others he can do it himself.

After supper we went to his room to talk.  He had a hard time speaking to me, since he has aphasia but I got the gist of what he was trying to communicate.  He wants us to stop putting up the rails on his bed, since he can't get up and he finds it frustrating.  We have had this talk before, but I don't think he remembers.  So I reminded him that he was very weak, needs help getting out of bed, on the toilet, can't bath himself etc.  We also talked about how he has one bad fall, and one operation on his hip, and if he has another bad fall he may be bedridden.  Luckily he listens to me and seemed to be at rest.

It is good that he trust those who take care of him, no paranoia, at least at this time.    The meds he gets helps with some of this, but he is trusting by nature and it is bearing good fruit for him now.

Peace
Mitch