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Tomorrow.
Tomorrow I will visit my Dad, let's see how it is with him. Last night my Aunt called, she told me that Dad perhaps goes to another section in the retirement home where he lives. At that section he will get the double extra care what he needs, though there is a min point about this, at that section are mostly people who have a light mental retardation. This section is actually closed from the normal area in the retirement home as my Aunt told me, meaning, there are other special trained nurses and doctors. My Aunt has to sign a few papers for placing my Dad there, but Aunt wanted to talk with me first, to hear what I had to say about this.
Well, I know my Dad is somehow difficult and stubborn, and slightly demented. He feels very alone aswell, the nurses noticed. He has his activities though in the retirement home, they have a little chapel there, every Tuesday evening there praying with a cardinal, Dad loves it! Once or twice in the month there's a bingo aswell, he goes there too. In my opinnion he has to have more activities, let him be surounded with people but not to much, just small groups. I know my Dad, I know his caracter and behaviour. I know slightly what he needs. Though he's very stubborn to try other activities, people will sometimes have to do it his way. He can be rough aswell.
Though I still say he needs more things to do, just small things in small groups, slowly and bit by bit. But if he says no then it stays a no. I have doubts that it's better for him to place him in that mental retardation section, he will see the saddest or perhaps heavy retarded people, and that won't do him good. It kinda worries me aswell, knowing my Dad he surely won't like it. Though I don't see my Dad that often anymore, the nurses who take care of him 24 hours a day know him so much better. So, I guess that perhaps the nurses didn't come up for nothing with the mental retardation section. I just don't know, I told my Aunt to ask the nurses to just wait a month or a few weeks, and then see how Dad is doing.
Everytime I see him, I don't see a difficult man, or a stubborn, rough man. Yeah, he's getting old and weak, but further, I don't know. I will see him tomorrow and perhaps the nurses aswell. My Aunt wanted to come aswell, she told my Dad that Sjon will come and talk with him about my other Aunt's birthday. My Aunt and I both decided that it's not a good idea that he goes to the birthday, it's to much and to hectic for him. I will have to convince him that, but I slightly did that already last week, Aunt was over-reacting towards Dad, like, "Sjon comes to talk with you about the birthday, so you better be prepaired!"
Yeah I will slightly talk with him about it yes, but be prepaired? Lol, I'm not gonna attack him or eat him. I told my Aunt that I will come early in the morning, but I actually will come to Dad with lunch time, so I can have a little private time with him, without the nagging and over reacting talking from Aunt. I'm smart. It's gonna be a full day again, my counselor comes aswell in the late afternoon. But first a nice sleep in...
