First, I'm sorry if this is vulgar, but it seems that my mom's unit shaves the residents' pubic hair. I'm not bothered by this, I actually think it's cleaner, but no one ever mentioned that it happens and I'm wondering if this is a common practice at other nursing homes.
In case it matters, my mom is in a long term dementia unit where most residents wear diapers. Thanks.
Mom and I were watching TV one night here at home, and there was a commercial on for a new tv show, where a 40-something woman masquerades as a 20-something woman in order to get a particular job. She makes friends with her young co-workers, never letting on how old she is. In one of the commercials, the 40-something is with two of the 20-something co-workers at the gym in the locker room, and they're all getting undressed to shower or change. The two younger women drop their undies, and the older one does the same - to gasps of horror from the younger ones.
20-Something #1: "OMG! Don't you WAX?!?!"
20-Something #2: "OMG - it looks like my MOTHER'S....."
Mom looks at me and says, "I think mine's gone BALD!"
I had never, ever heard Mom make reference to body parts like that....I just about fell off my chair laughing.
Anyway, not trying to stray from the topic, just trying to bring a smile to your face. I hope you get to the bottom of the shaving. Do come back and let us know what you find out.
Not that I'd know personally. But this is what a friend told me.
That said - I have trimmed my sons...umm - area- in the past. It was when he either was experiencing a bout of diarrhea or when he was in school still and staff were not good at getting him to the bathroom on time. Cleaning dried on, crusty poop is a miserable experience for everyone involved - and can be painful for the person if there's a lot of tugging on the hair.
So while I've never heard of a place dealing with older folks doing it - it does make some sense to me.