Mr Dancy Update Friday

Mr Dancy was asleep upon arrival. He woke up and showered along with other morning routines. He then had breakfast and afterwards he participated in a puzzle for a short time, dosed off and later played the card game. He then went outside for his morning walk and dosed again and then conversated a little later returning back inside. He ate his lunch and and talked a little and later went to his room for his afternoon range of motion exercises with his arms and legs. After he finished he was tired and rested a little then went for his afternoon walk came back in rested again and later ate his supper and talked afterwards. He saw the garage door open and noticed barbs car and got up from the table and said it was time to go for a ride this was around 7:00pm. I decided to take him for a walk outside, if he still wants to go for a ride i can take him tomorrow. I noticed that he was moving around much faster when we walked tonight he got up from that table very quickly once he saw the car. Other than that i would say that he had a wonderful day.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy was awake this morning when i arrived. Upon entering the room he began clapping his hands and saying there she is and was in a very happy mood. He begin talking right away about different things which continued for a little while and said he was ready to get up. He started his day off with his daily routine of care. Later on, he went into the kitchen to eat his breakfast and afterwards he participated in the card game for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. He then went outside for his morning walk and rested outside. Later on, he decided that he wanted to play the card game again this afternoon for about 20 minutes and then he came inside to eat his lunch. After lunch he rested again and then went on his afternoon walk and returned inside and went to his room and looked in his navy book and talked about the USS NorthHampton as he looked through the pages. He was very alert today and conversated a lot today and moved around a little better. Other than that i would say he had a wonderful day.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Mr Dancy was awake upon arrival this morning. He was ready to get up and shower and then he ate his breakfast later he participated in a puzzle for maybe 20 minutes. He dosed off just a little waking up and then went outside for his morning walk and after his walk he participated in another puzzle for about 20 minutes and conversated with me outside. He came inside and ate lunch and dosed then played with the puzzle again and talked very briefly he did not want to get to walk this afternoon he just wanted to sit there at the table. He was not sleepy much today and appeared to have had a pretty good day.

Dad's Phone Call

When the phone rang I saw that it was Barb's number. But the person talking I didn't recognize! Finally I said who is it? I thought it might be Paul! But then I realized it was Dad!

Seems he has changed his voice just slightly! (Or my ears are full of wax.)

Dad seemed very positive and caring as he usually is.

There was a lot of press about how strong Ronald Reagan was, but I daresay that Dad was even stronger. All those years of exercising his body with yard work, etc and mind with puzzles and helping me balance my checkbook have really paid off!

I realize he is getting at the end of his life, but he seems to have something that is helping him cope with whatever life throws at him. I hope I can do the same.

Charles Dancy UpdateTuesday

Mr Dancy was asleep when i arrived this morning. He did not want to get up. After waiting a little he finally and began his activities of daily living by showing etc.. He later went into the kitchen to eat breakfast and then went to sleep at the table. I woke him up and offered him a puzzle to work on and he did participate a little, later he went outside for his morning walk and sat outide and worked just a little bit more on his puzzle. He came inside and ate a small lunch dosed off and again. He later went outside for his evening walk and returned inside, went to his room and did some range of motion exercises on both arms and legs in which he participated very good and later dosed back to sleep after exercising. He still appeared to be very sleepy today. I would say today was a little better than yesterday.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was awake upon arrival this morning. He got up and showered along with other morning routines and then ate breakfast. Afterwards he fell asleep at the table appearing to be extremely sleepy today and moved around slowly. I attempted to get him interested in a game but he did not respond due to him being sleepy. Later on, he went outside for his morning walk and sit outside for a long period of time asleep. I attempted to get him to gethim up twice and he did not move. Upon the third attempt he finally responded and then came inside the house and later ate lunch. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day. Other than that the day went fine.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy was awake upon arrival. He did not appear to want to get up so i waited a few minutes and he finally responded. He started his day with a shower, ate breakfast and afterwards looked through the newspaper showing more interest in the Bernie Madoff story. Later on he got up and walked alone without the walker again from the kitchen table to the dining room table in the dining room when i left the room to take his clothes into his room and put them away he was seated at the dining table reading the paper there. We then went into his to gather his things to away for the weekend and i told him that we would be going for a ride shortly he appeared to be happy asking when are we leaving. He is more alert today and seem to want to m0ve around more. Today has been a good day for him.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Mr Dancy was sleeping upon arrival. He woke up and showered and ate breakfast and participated a short time in a puzzle and later dosed off and on for a long period time, when waking up from his dosing asking me each time who turn is it to play and wanted to know why i had more parts to the puzzle than he did, also why was it always his turn to play instead of mine. I think he really wanted to play but the sleep continued to come upon him. I asked him a few times to go out for a walk and he asked me what for so i assumed that he was not interested in walking this morning, as a matter of fact, he would not get up from the table he sat there for almost four hours. I figured soon he will get tired of sitting and when that happens he will either get up on his own or you will only have to ask once and he will respond which is exactly what happened after lunch. He got up and went outside for a walk and returned inside and participated in the animal puzzle for one hour until he became tired and conversated the rest of the afternoon. He moved around slowly today other than that he had a great day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Mr Dancy was asleep when i arrived. He got up later and showered, ate breakfast and then participated in a puzzle and afterwards a chess game totaling about one hour. He continued seated at the table until i went into the laundry room to check on the clothes and then he got up from the table and walked in there alone and begin telling me fold the shirts and sat them on the washer and put all the socks together on the dryer and continued with that for a few minutes and later i asked him to come with me to sit and he did not want to so we went for a short walk outside. Later he came inside and sat down so i brought some laundry to him and asked him to fold them and showed him how to do it and he participated. After he finished i gave him a newspaper to look at while i put the laundry away just in case he decided to move around again. He looked through the paper and later ate lunch and then came into his room and conversated a little and looked through his navel book and told me that was him in the book. I asked him the name and he told me his name. Later on i showed him a family picture and he identified himself again by name as well as his wife and Jennie,kenneth and kathy and that was all he could remember at the time. He was very active today and alert and took a very short dose did not walk this afternoon. He had a great day today.

Charles Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was awake upon entering his room and was ready to get up immediately. He was rested from his trip and moved around very well today. After his shower he ate breakfast and then played a card game for about 45 minutes and later went outside for his morning walk. He then went to his doctors appointment with the dermatologist things went pretty well, she examined him from waist down and discovered two warts. Afterwards we left and returned home and he then had lunch and dosed off very briefly. He was awake the majority of the day and pretty much alert today asking where was everyone at and wanting to know what was going at the doctor in which i explained and he fully co-operated. He had a great day.

CharlesDancy Update Sunday

Mr Dancy was sleeping upon arrival, he later woke up and began with his daily routine of care. Appeared to be very tired from his trip, moving around a little slower today. He ate breakfast and later lunch afterwards he began his day dosing throughout the day not able to participate in any activities today nor going for his walks. He told me he was very tired in which i could tell and therefore he just wanted to rest today which he did, maybe he may be a little more energetic tomorrow, just have to wait and see. Other than that the day went ok

Mr Dancy Update Friday

Mr Dancy was asleep this morning upon arrival. He woke and showered, ate breakfast and participated in a card game outside after his morning walk. He then came inside and rested a little and then later ate his lunch and afterwards dosed off for a while later waking up to go for a afternoon walk. After his walk he came inside and then began to participate in a ball exercise of throwing and catching until he became tired and rested the remainder of the day. He moved around very well today and had a great day.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy was awake in bed when i arrived. He started his day with a shower and later on ate breakfast then dosed a little and participated in a puzzle game and went out for his morning walk looked through the USS New Jersey Book. Later he prepared for lunch and after eating he conversated a lot about living in Washington DC and talked a lot about a Aunt Jenny was also able to identify Barbara on the picture in the living room. He did not want to partivcipate in any other activities or walk this afternoon, he just wanted to sit at the table and talk about things of the past especially Aunt Jenny whomever that may be. He moved around pretty well today and was awake more today than sleeping just very talkative a lot this afternoon. Good Day today.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Mr Dancy was up upon arrival this morning. He did not have his daily shower this morning due to hemorroids flare up. He was very uncomfortable due to his hemorroids. I administered a suppository and had to lay down and allow time for the med to reduce the inflammation which he did and later own he was able to go to the restroom, as a matter of fact he went three times today and appeared much calmer later on during the day. He ate all of his meals and participated in morning and evening walks and also participated in ball exercise, read the headlines of the newspaper and worked on a puzzle. After things calm down the remainder of the day went well.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Mr Dancy started his day with his activities of daily living. He then ate breakfast and afterwards started dosing off and on and participated very shortly in a puzzle and then dosed again and went on his morning walk. He later came back inside the house and and later prepared for lunch. After lunch he appeared to be sleepy not wanting to participate in any activities nor get up from the table. Finally he decided to get up and take his afternoon walk, returned inside and conversated a little and began dosing again. He did move around a little slow today. I would say that he had a fair day today.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Upon arrival, Mr Dancy was asleep and then got up to start his daily route of care with my assistance. He later ate breakfast and afterwards he participated in setting up his weekly medications with assistance, then he participated in a puzzle game and ended with a exercise game of throwing and catching a ball. He went for his morning walk and then came inside to rest for a while and afterwards, he ate lunch and dosed off and on did not participate in any afternoon activities and later went for his afternoon walk, returned inside and rested the remainder of the day. He moved around pretty good to day and had a great day.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Mr Dancy started his day today with his daily routine care. Afterwards, he ate breakfast and participated in a card game activity for short time. He talked a little more today than ususal and later went for his morning walk and sat outside for a little while. Afterwards he came back inside and ate lunch and talked more about being a captain on the New Jersey ship going into details about his assignment as a captain. Later he prepared to get ready to go and visit with his son this weekend. Overall i would say that he had a great day today.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Mr Dancy started the day off with his daily morning routine. Later he ate a large breakfast and dosed off and then participated a little bit in working on a puzzle. He went on his morning walk and sat outside for a little while and then went inside and dosed again. He participated in his afternoon range of motion exercises with his legs did not want to exercise his arms today. He ate lunch and participated in another activity for a short time and walked a little and that was it for today not too much talking today. Overall the day went well.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Mr Dancy was sleeping when i arrived this morning. He got up and showered and ate breakfast this morning and then fell asleep. He has been very sleepy throughout the entire day, probably a little tired from the doctors appointment on yesterday. He did not participate in any activitities today when asked. He just wanted to rest today, he did go on his morning walk but refused the evening walk. He also did not want to move around today once seated, when asked to move around he refused and sat for long periods of time today. His conversation was very limited also. Other than that the day went ok.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was up sitting in the living room when i arrived today. I walked with him to his room to assist him with getting a shower. After his shower he ate breakfast and dosed off later waking up to assist me with preparing his medications for the week. He went out for his morning walk and then sat outside for a little and played a card game, in which he dosed off and on again. Later he came inside to eat lunch. After eating lunch he prepared to go to the doctor and was very talkative especially at the doctors office and talked a lot about his hair cut that he got on yesterday and my car and barbs car and talking to the doctor about his foot. He did say also that he did not sleep last night, that he was just lying in bed and that was the reason that he was very sleepy today. He did move around pretty good today even at the doctors. Other than being a little sleepy today i would say he had a great day.