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Kim: We had some sticky notes at one point that were to be used in this situation. they showed the blue wheelchair logo with a message to the effect that an opposite-sex caregiver was using the restroom facilities to help a disabled person, the idea being to post one on the door when you went in. I'll try to track down the source for these. At 01:12 AM 9/16/98 EDT, you wrote: >how do you handle public rest room situations? my parents are in their 70s. >mom is dad's caregiver. he is mobile, but not always capable of doing the >whole rest room thing by himself. sometimes it's just physcially dealing with >clothes, etc. other times it's more of the confusion issue (sit's down with >his undershorts still on to go to the bathroom, not always sure which way to >face, etc.) > >she's uncomfortable taking him into the men's rest room. and she worries about >him being uncomfortable going into the ladies room. therefore, this is just >one more reason they are avoiding a lot of extended "out of the house" >activities. > >i'm interested in hearing how others handle this situation. any advice will >be greatly appreciated. thanks. > >kim > > Carole Cassidy Director of Developmenet and Community Relations The Parkinson's Institute 1170 Morse Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 408-542-5628 direct line 408-734-8522 fax