, won't let go of wet pants, advanced vasc dementia, he then reacts with anger! The nursing home staff is properly trained, however they do not follow they training. I have reported this problem numerous times, which everyone denies is happening, except that Dad continues to have anger outburst when toileted by staff. Relocating Dad to another nursing home is not possible at all. Have even gotten the local Long Term Care Residents Rights person involved, however, no help, since all nursing home staff deny what I have witnessed and know is going on.
Staff in a hurry do tend to forget how a person will react to having things done to him, as opposed to being helped to do something. I'm sure if someone tried to take my clothes away when I was seated on the loo I'd resist vigorously too.
Dad does not always get angry, only when they immediately restrain his wrists on the toilet rails, as Dad does not understand to Let Go of his Wet Pants, because he has only sat on the toilet for for a few seconds.
His medication has been reviewed by many, several times. Dad is given an anti-anxiety med, only after one of his toileting anger outbursts, which is the lowest dose of the best prescribed medicine for him, with all of his dx's, which lasts in his system for up to 36 hours.
I am hoping to find a written article to take to the nursing home, discussing improper toileting techniques can provoke and trigger anger in advanced dementia persons. Use of proper toileting techniques will normally not provoke anger, as the advanced dementia elderly person, does not feel threatened, when his/her wrists are not restrained, thus does not respond back in anger. Same with staff's use of yelling at Dad and rushing him. These improper skills also can provoke and trigger anger in advanced dementia elderly persons too.
It would be great if I could find a Professional who would be willing to an In-Service at the Southeastern Michigan Nursing Home.
Would you rather he was sitting there flailing all four limbs and risking hurting himself and others.
By all means take pictures and have a meeting as Pam suggests. If this is the only time he is aggressive I personally would prefer a little restraint rather than have my loved one turn into a zombie with drugs.
I also agree that protecting the patient's modesty is very important but sometimes this just is not possible.
It sounds like your father is not understanding what they are trying to do for him with regard to changing his clothes. The staff cannot allow him to stay in wet clothing and I would suspect that they are allowed to protect themselves from being hit. What is it that you are upset about and how would you have them handle things differently?