Overprotective Dad | Dementia Support Forum

Probably like a few men I know (and a few women too) their partner is their world, where else would you be but by their side? I've probably done 350 visits in a 365 day year usually for 60-120 minutes but one guy there seems to do a 010 hour visiting shift, it's OK cause the staff are happy to feed you for free and we all know where the kettle is if you want a brew.
It's all part of "not being able to move on" had my wife died maybe I could go on Plenty More Fish (or whatever it's called) and have a new relationship, people would understand I was a widower in a way they can't understand me having a wife in care...it is quite hard to move on when there's no where to move to.
It is interesting that the behaviour you describe is so much like another man who visits the home my wife is in, he picks up on everything and is hyper critical when something doesn't meet his standards, but when you say "Dad can't walk much and so I imagine he tries to get Mum to stay in her room rather than encourage her to socialize--in any case" never imagine anything, it may be that he is seeing things you're not.
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