Bathroom

r0527

hello! Recently my dad who has EO has been waking up in the middle of the nights to use the bathroom and he has been unable to find the toilet. Causing him to pee on the carpet and honestly anywhere except the toilet! Any advice? I’ve thought about the alarms to wake me up when he gets out of bed but I’m looking for something else as I am going away in a few weeks and I know my brother will not be fond of that idea of waking up every time dad does! I’ve tried keeping the lights on in the bathroom too but he either unplugs them or ignored them completely. Has anyone else found any solutions for problems like this? I’ve thought of diapers too but he will just take them off while sleeping.

Lynn24

My mother has been with us for over a year and a half. She takes Seroquel to help her become more cognizant in order to find the bathroom when she gets up early am. We leave light on in the bathroom at night.

Taking depends off is also very common with this disease. My mother takes her off every day. We have hard wood floors on the floor of the house where her bedroom is located. I used to have a huge area rug in her bedroom and had to remove it due to random incontinence issues.

mabelgirl

is there a medical reason for his using bathroom during night or just restlessness? The melatonin seemed to be the key to my mom staying asleep through the night.