What happens with bad behaviors

ElCy

As I’m about to place DH in memory care I am so worried about “behaviors that can get him kicked out.” If he is overly sexual or aggressive and gets kicked out what happens next? Where can he go?

M1

Probably back to a psych unit ElCy.  How are you both doing?  Glad to hear from you.

BTW that's probably an excellent question to ask his doctors now before he's discharged.

Ed1937

ElCy wrote:

If he is overly sexual or aggressive and gets kicked out what happens next? Where can he go?

Do you have reason to think that might happen, or are you just looking at possibilities? If the latter, you shouldn't be overly concerned about it now. Looking for problems before there are any is not going to do you any good. It only leads to more stress.

 

Gig Harbor

My husband was very active and taking his drawers and closet apart. He was also anxious about having to go to work. He didn’t want to go to bed at night. He began grabbing at other residents. I knew he wouldn’t be able to stay there with that behavior because he would have needed 1:1 care to control him. We discussed medication and after a week or so his behavior became more subdued. He was no longer anxious and his activity decreased. Some would say it is wrong to control someone with meds but I couldn’t afford to hire a sitter for him and staffing there certainly didn’t allow for it. If he were home I would have medicated him for it. I think as long as you let the MC know they can talk to you about medicating him if he is out of control you should be able to keep him there.