My grandfather,87 I had moved into memory care April 1st. Since then ive noticed a great improvement in how he looks and acts which is a great relief. He use to spend everyday on the property we live on mowing and building things. Now he's in a place that while it has outdoor space and activities its not his "man" work. So hes starting to get a little stir crazy. He still thinks the stay is temporary because it's like the movie 50 first dates if I were to say hey you need to live here there would be a snap in him im sure. Once hes been there 30 days they say its ok to take him like out to lunch ect. Ive been educating myself alot on dementia and alzhiemers, more so since his stay ,then the past 2 years. Any advice on further resources or guidance from personal experience taking a loved one on outing from the memory care home? Mind you now thats hes propely eating and taking medications he is VERY with it until about 1:30 his sundowning trickles in slowly. So my window is morning outings.
I would think about making an activity that is in or on the grounds of his facility first and see how he does. We brought in lunch for my MIL, in LTC for 7 years. I'd take her order then we'd picnic on the nice outdoor grounds of her facility. It had activities and events and we'd accompany her to those. That's about all she could handle cognitively.
Then you must think about him going into a public bathroom by himself. If he's incontinent at all, this may become a challenge. My Uncle would poop his pants while just sitting in front of you and then deny anything was amiss.
Start with little outings and work up to see how it goes. Teepa Snow has a lot of excellent education content on dementia and caregiver-specific strategies on YouTube. I learned some very useful stuff from her channel.
In know of a few facilities in my area that are just like this, even the well to do areas.