Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep, he woke and began talking and was very energized and ready for the day. He began his day with his morning routine of care and continued to carry on conversation appeared to be in a very happy mood and moving around great today. After breakfast he dosed just a little and then woke up and participated in one of his puzzle games for a while and later stopped to go outside and take his morning stroll without any difficulties and later returned back inside and started up his puzzle again and later worked on another puzzle was very into it with continued for approximately 1 hour or longer until he fell asleep. Later on he woke up to eat lunch and afterwards he went on his afternoon walk and returned inside and rested a little and later played catch with his ball until he became tired and rested and later i showed him some family photos and he remembered Cathy and Justin and began to talk a little about the USS New Jersey. He really enjoyed his conversation this morning with Cathy. He had a wonderful day.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was asleep when i arrived today. He woke up and showered along with his other activities of daily living. He was in such a happy mood this morning very talkative and seemed to be more energized. He ate breakfast and afterwards he went outside for his morning walk and then sat outside and exercised with the ball and played the card game and later came inside and played catch with the ball until he bacame tired and then fell asleep. Later he ate lunch and i tried to get him to go walk again and he did not want to walk or do any other activities so he just rested the remainder of the day. Today was a good day.

Mr Dancy Update friday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He woke up and showered and ate breakfast and afterwards he went on his morning walk and after walking he conversated a while. Later on he returned inside and had lunch and then began to prepare for his ride to kens house. He seemed interested when i told him that he was going for a ride. He had a pretty good day.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He woke up and began his morning routine with showering etc. He went into the kitchen and ate breakfast and afterwards i offered him to play a card game and he participated for a short while and began to dose off later barb was able to get him moving to go outside for a short walk. He went for his walk and then sat outside at the patio table and dosed off and later i was able to get him to finish up with the card game and he played more. I then offered him to play catch with me using the ball and he refused and dosed back off. I tried on several occassions to get him to get up and go to the bathroom for a diaper change and he would not move. I then tried to get him to come inside to eat lunch and he would not move and we had lunch outside at the table. After a couple of hours had passed i asked him again to go to the restroom and he got up right away and it was because he had to go to the bathroom he started groaning as he was walking and afterwards we went into his room and he began to talk a lot about different things and is now resting. He had a pretty good day.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Upon arrival this morning Mr Dancy was asleep. He did not want to get up this morning i had to wait for a little while and he finally got up. He began his day with his daily morning routine of care. He then had breakfast and afterwards he went outside for his morning walk he moved around better today and was able to complete his regular walk without struggle. He then came back inside and begin looking through a magazine. He dosed off and napped a little and later on i offered him a card game and he played just a little and dosed off again. Later he ate lunch and afterwards he began dosing again. I asked him to go for a walk and got up right away. He would not get up to go to the bathroom for a diaper change around noon so i had to wait until he walked the second time and then was able to get him into the bathroom. After the bathroom he went into his room and I showed him the picture of him that was sent by Cathy and he immediately was able to identify himself not sure of where the picture was taken but he know he was on the picture. He talked a little bit more today. I would say that he had a wonderful day.

Dad Relaxing on his Ship

Here are some pictures of Dad, working as well as relaxing on the Ship while he was in the navy, taken probably in the early 50s.

It sounds like he is resting a lot at Barb's home.

I hope he is doing well!

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. After waking up he showered etc. He then went to the kitchen to have breakfast and afterwards he appeared to be really tired today and sleepy. He did not want to participate in any activities today at all nor did he want to go walking. He sat at the table and dosed off and on throughtout the entire day and would not move from the table sitting from 9:30am to 3:00pm again. He ate lunch and continued to sit and finally i was able to get him to go with me to the restroom at 3:00pm and asked him to walk with me outside for a little and he did but seemed to have a hard time walking so we returned inside and he is resting in the chair. I think maybe sometimes he gets his sleeping off by sleeping in the day and maybe not to much at night. Other than that the day went ok.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He did not want to get up at first after waiting a little he finally got up. He began his day with showering along with his other morning routine. He ate breakfast and dosed off and later played a card game for maybe 15 minutes. He began dosing again and later on he ate lunch and afterwards played another game only a short time did not seem to interested. I was able to get him to go on a short walk after coming from the restroom since he did not want to move or walk around this morning. He talked a little and rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Saturday

Mr Dancy was asleep upon arrival this morning. He started his day with showering along with his regular morning routine. He then had breakfast and afterwards dosed off and later i tried to get in involved with a card game and he participated a little and continued to dose off and on. I was able to get him to go on his morning walk and he returned back inside and then he had lunch. After lunch i tried another card game and he told me that he was tired so he did not play. I tried to get him to go outside again but he did not want to get up so later barb came and asked him and he responded. I tried to see if he wanted to participate with playing catch with the ball outside but he told no. Today was a little better than yesterday at least he did move around a little. Other than that i would say that the day went well.

Mr Dancy Update Friday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived for work this morning. He did not really want to get up this morning but he did and showered along with his regular routine. He ate breakfast and afterwards he slept throughout the entire day not wanting to get up and move at all. He would not participate in any activities or walk today at all. He sat at the table from 9:30am to 3:00pm refusing to do anything. Maybe he did not sleep well night. I did have to opportunity to speak with Haidy the other caregiver yesterday in regards to him having difficulties with walking and she said that he has a very difficult time going on his walks. She stated that sometimes she fears that he may fall because he legs seems to get weak and he has a hard time completing the walks.I wanted to make sure that this was not just occuring with me. I told her that i have began to shorten the walks and forgot to mention to her that there is a wheelchair in the room to take with her and push it behind him as he walks in case a problem occurs. I will start doing the same. As you can see there was not too much that went on today. Hopefully tomorrow he will be more active.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived. He showered along with his regular routine of care. He ate breakfast and then began dosing off and on. I offered him a new card game and he seemed interested and played for a little this morning. He went on his morning and afternoon walk he complained both times of being tired so i shorten the walk. He ate lunch and afterwards he did not want to move out of his chair he said he was tired and sat there for about 3 hours until he became tired and then i asked him to go with me to the restroom and he did. He talked a little this morning and more this evening . He did not want to do any activities this afternoon . He had a great day

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was awake. He began his day with a shower along with his regular morning routine. He ate breakfast and afterwards dosed a little then participated in a puzzle it took him a while to get involved. He then went outside for his morning walk and sat outside a dosed again. After waking up he asked who turn is it to play so i gave him the puzzle again to start working on. He worked on it some more and dosed off for a longer time. He came inside to eat lunch and afterwards he conversated a little and i asked him to come with me to do exercises and he did exercise both arms and legs until he became tired. I told him that he could rest the rest of the evening. He was too tired to walk this afternoon after the exercise. He did have a very pleasant day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was awake. He began conversation but did not want to get up. I waited a little and tried again and he then responded. He began his day with his morning care and afterwards ate breakfast and then participated in a care game for approximately 1 hour. He then went outside for his morning walk and returned inside and then napped on the couch, later waking up to eat his lunch. After his lunch he dosed a little. I offered him a different game in which he was not interested in so we went out for his afternoon walk. I offered him to play catch with the ball and he responded and began to play he rested the rest of the day. He was pretty much alert today. The day went well.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived this morning and began to conversate with me. He got up and showered etc. He then ate his breakfast and afterwards he began conversations again he was very alert and talkative this morning he even participated in a puzzle this morning by naming the majority of the pieces to the puzzle. He then went outside for his morning walk he did not want to walk very far. Afterwards he sit outside and then began talking again and naming the pieces to the puzzle which went on for a long time. Around noon i offered him another puzzle and he played only a short while and then we came inside and he ate his lunch and after eating his lunch he began to drift off to sleep. He continued leaning to one side while sleeping and i tried several times to get him to get up and move to another chair so that he could rest comfortably without falling and he refused everytime. I then tried to get him to go to the restroom for a diaper change and he did not want to move for that either this went on for almost two hours. He continued to tell me that i took all of his men/crew and seem to be upset about that. Finally at the end of the day he got up and went to the restroom and continued to talk about me taking his men from him. Other than that the day went well.

Mr Dancy Udate Friday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was awake. He began his day with a shower along with other morning care. He ate breakfast and then dosed off a little, i tried to see if he would play with the puzzle today and he played very little did not appear to be interested. Later on we went for a walk and afterwards we sat outside at the patio and he fell asleep he told me he was tired from the walk. Later on i brought the ball outside for him to do exercises with his arms and we then played catch until he became tired. We went inside and he ate his lunch and looked through his navy book and then prepared to leave for his sons house. He had wonderful day.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived. He began his daily routine of showering etc. He then ate a nice breakfast and dosed off afterwards. I attempted to get him involved with working on a puzzle, he just did not seem to be interested. We then went outside for his morning walk and then sit outside at the table. He dosed again i then offered him the card game and participated in that one. Lately he seems to be more interested in the card games. He then ate lunch and dosed a little and began conversation with me. Later i was able to get him to participate in the range of motion exercises today using the ball to exercise both arms and legs and he did a good job no complaints today pretty alert and not to sleepy. I would say he had a wonderful day.

Phone Call with Dad

I set up a time to call when it is convenient for Dad (about 10 am Pacific Time). After Dad got on the phone he seemed very cheerful. He asked me how Jennie was doing. I said she was out riding her horse, along with Faye, "little Faye", [to make sure he knew it wasn't his sister].

I said I was doing well, that it was raining outside, so I was hoping that all the azalea bushes that had been pruned to the ground would start to "leaf" again. Dad said he "would follow me". I said I used to follow him!

He thanked me for cheering him up. I said I hope he would have a little "spring in his step" now, then realized that maybe his knee might be too sore for that, so then I said that well "you could twirl your finger around in the air" Ha Ha.

Then I said do you want to hang up first or second. He said yes, then started to making chewing noises [maybe eating]. Well, I said I don't want to hang up first. So I waited a couple of minutes, then said I really have to hang up now, I have to do my yoga exercises. Then I finally did hang up the phone!

It was nice to talk to Dad.

What did I do to deserve such a nice Dad!

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived today. He talked a lot this morning about his daughters Jenny and Justin calling them by name on several occassions during his conversation about them handling his financial affairs even as he preparing for his shower and afterwards. He then later ate his breakfast and while eating he was still talking about going to the bank to get his accounts his order. Later on he fell asleep at the table so i suggested he go for a walk to get fresh air and he responded. Upon entering the house he fell asleep in the chair and i really had a difficult time afterwards getting to do anything else such as go the the bathroom or eat lunch, i had to eventually get barbs asssistance to get him up and moving. I think maybe he did not rest very well last night he appeared to be extremely tired. After he ate his lunch he fell asleep again, i once again had a hard time getting him to get up and go to the restroom. Finally he did get up and afterwards he went back to sleep again. He had a pretty good day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived this morning. He started talking immediately as i entered the room and continued for a while. Afterwards, he got up to shower and continued with his morning routine. He then ate breakfast and then he began to participate in a card game for a while and then talked a little. He then went outside for his morning walk and afterwards he decided to sit outside on the patio and stayed out there for a long time not wanting to leave he said that he was enjoying the view of the ocean and ate lunch there. After his lunch he began talking again and then participated in a puzzle and afterwards the later played catch with the ball until he became tired. He was very alert and awake today i do not remember him even dosing today so he must have rested well last night. He did not want to go on the afternoon walk he complained twice today about his legs bothering him when he walks, not really sure of what is going on. I would say he had another great day.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was asleep upon arrival. He did not want to get up this morning i waited a little and tried again and he responded. He appeared to be very tired today and sleepy maybe he did not rest to good last night. He showered and ate breakfast and afterwards dosed off. I attempted to get him involved with some morning activities but he just was not interested this morning or afternoon. He did however go on both morning and afternoon walks. He has been moving around much slower lately every now and then he may move a little faster. If he continues to move at this pace he will have to leave extra early for his doctors appointments or use the wheelchair because there is a lot of walking that takes place with his doctors appts even with the handicapped sticker most of the time the handicap parking spots are full. he also has been complaining how difficult if is for him to move around for him i have been continuing with his legs exercise which usually helps him to move around better but so far i have not noticed a change nothing to be alarmed about i just thought i would just mention that. I would say his day went well.