I had been caregiving my parents until mom died Mar. She had been ill for some time so I was already tired and anxious. I am the only family here for dad. I love him to pieces and want his last years to be good and happy ones for him. He is 88. Well, I told you he was abused. He is recovering from that and has moved on his own again as he has bounced back from mom's death. Now I find he has left the tap running twice. No burners left on yet. But he can't remember turning the tap on. He has left his door unlocked a couple of times. The manager has talked to me a few times about the door being left open. He looked lost when he first moved in (dad and I both get lost easily). He got mud all over the brand new carpet in the hallway. I want to run when I see the manager. I will get him assessed again but does anyone have any tips to help as reminders. I was thinking of having a index card with 3 points. 1) check taps 2)check burners 3)check doors. He wants to live on his own so badly.

Oh, also, he got the time mixed up for when I was supposed to pick him up and he ended waiting almost 1 1/2 hours for me outside. I had already told him I would buzz him and not to wait outside anyway. Imagine my surprise when the church secretary phoned me to let me know her daughter had seen him standing there for over an hour and was concerned. She wanted to take dad home but he wouldn't have it. He said his daughter would be there soon. I was to pick him up at 9:50 he was apparently outside at least by 8:15 a.m. I am so easily stressed anyway. Dad has always been a little bit like this but it is now getting very worrisome.