Need Tips for Bathing

• By laststage
• Reply 3371948
• September 13, 2012 at 12:08 pm
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They become very afraid of water, it will not get any better unfortunately. I suggest your mother-in-law purchase the bath clothes which will allow you to keep him clean without water.
My mom is is the absolute final stage now... she almost took 2 aides out when they went to shower her. They will not shower her anymore. So they are using these full body wipes.

My sister found that you can order industrial strength diapers, bed-sheet protectors, etc. through Internet and they are more heavy-duty than what you purchase at Cosco or Target.

• By leney1957
• Reply 3374370 · In reply to 3372117 by AFATeam
• September 14, 2012 at 9:09 am
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Thanks AFA Team - that was a really good piece about the subject of bathing. In fact, the whole magazine was really good - I particularly liked the Essay written by Grace Kearney, grand prize winner of the 2012 AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship. Her perceptive and thoughtful narrative brought tears to my eyes, and reminded me (as is repeatedly required these days) that my reality is so different from someone affected by Alzheimer's Disease. They are not being intentionally mean, disagreeable, confrontational, stubborn or contrary, they simply exist on a different plane of reality from me. An article worth taking the time to read.