My Dad's in his 70's and is having trouble remembering things. He yells at employees for being in the bathroom too long (10 mins). He then says he never did that. He is causing good employees to quit and we work for the company and we can't take it. He goes from being nice and then mad. He is seeing a bunch of doctors and he says nothing is wrong. he has no hobbies and has anxiety about going places. I would pay anything for someone to come in and spend time with him so he will stay out of the office. He just has nothing to do and has no purpose. My mother needs to come into the office sometimes and that is when the trouble starts. I hate to say it, but as far as the office goes, he gets in the way and constantly puts the company at risk. How do I bring someone in without him feeling that I am trying to keep him out of the way? We even got him a puppy last Halloween and that helped for awhile, but when my mom is at the office, there he is. Please, if you have any suggestions... My employees need some relief. I can take it some, but they have worked for us so many years to start over. The only things he is interested in is license plates, yoga and old family photos. Thanks for any help.
One suggestion is to find some type of busy work for your Dad, something that will keep him out of the way of the other employees... you mentioned your Dad likes old photos, so many he could spend his time writing a book about the company from concept to today, gather old photos, create new photos, etc.
If your Dad has more than just normal age related memory issues, with writing a book he will re-write and re-write and re-write.... keeping him busy... he could interview some of the employees that have been there for awhile.
I am going through something similar with my own boss, who owns the company. He is still in the grieving stage losing his wife last year to Alzheimer's. The past couple of months he's been sniping and snarling at me and others in the office. We are trying to overlook it.
Stage a walkout, tell employees to all walk out when he arrives and yells. Yes, the boss was suffering some kind of later years rage, but he stopped it.