Enjoying family times

George's eldest son is over from Aussi at the moment.

When we arrived at the home today he was asleep. Initially he only saw me but couldn't remember names. We took him out to Honeys cafe. He loved it and with the attention became less confused.  He had a lovely time. We got back to the home in time for Happy Hour and we left him ready for a red wine. There were several visitors in the lounge and we all had a great chat. It was lovely the real sense of 'a group of friends enjoying each other's company' from everyone. I think the fact that the visitors were seated right around the room and we were all contributing to the conversation and joking. All the residents were joining in. Just lovely to see.  This provided a great quality of life for all of them today.

When we got back I asked George to open the car door while his son got the walker out. George opened the door and promptly shut it again.  He didn't know what to do once the door was open. He repeated this three times. Finally we managed to keep it open.

One of the other residents, Barney, was waiting at the door when we arrived. We sat down until he moved away. We went inside with a carer. Barney was at the other end of the hall, heard the door opening...  He turned, and with his walker ran down the hall to get out of the door before it closed. Luckily he didn't make it.

We try to be careful that we do not tire George while we are out. Tomorrow we are taking him out again.