My father is in an Assisted Memory Care facility. He has recently started to try and use the bathroom where he is physically located at the time, instead of trying to find a bathroom. At the nurses station, in the chair in his room or like yesterday in the common seating area he just dropped his drawers and defecated in the chair. The staff could not get him to the use the bathroom and he would not agree to get cleaned up so I had to take off from work to go do what I am paying these people to do and deal with my father. Apparently they are a Memory Care facility in name only. How prevalent is this behavior from this type of condition?
I have seen posts here recommending having them wear a one piece jump suit over depends so they can't just drop their drawers anywhere.
Sounds like the memory care facility would be able to handle these behaviors without you going in.. I would think. Did you have to clean him up? How did you handle it? Sorry you had to deal with that.. I can only imagine... the memory care should at least be working with you on this.