Options for noisy environment

steph4358

My FIL is very sensitive to noise. When he is woken up (from the noise down the hall) he gets very agitated. Today he was woken and became violent with the caregiver and hit her. He is now in the emergency room and they want to do tests and keep him over night. My question is this. Has anyone had to deal with this before and what did you do to help with the noise? He lives in a community where there are many people, but we placed him at the end of the hall away from the noise. Clearly it did not work. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks.

M1

would he keep noise-cancelling headphones on? May sound silly—I know my partner wouldn't begin to wear them—but it's just a thought. We recently made a move in MC to a quieter area and I am very glad we did it, it did help in our case as she was clearly having increasing sensory processing issues and didn't like where she was (right next to the area where all the music events happen). We also have a TV and music machine in her room that I occasionally use to block other noise. Maybe a white noise machine in his room (where he can't get to it/unplug it) might help? I would discuss with the administrators too and see if they have any other ideas. He shouldn't have to suffer.