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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/titatyy on 2024-07-10 15:57:05+00:00.

I used to be a nurse and worked many nights in a dementia ward. We always took rounds with a partner because you never know if a patient gets violent.

We were on our 3am rounds when we opened the door to a gentlemans room. He was close to the door trying to pull a electric outlet off the wall. We took him to the bathroom and tried to get him to the bed after. His legs didn’t work too good on the daytime but by night he needed a lot of help.

We get him near his bed but he just wouldn’t go in. Suddenly my parter tells him, ‘just jump on the bed so we can go’. And this man took few steps back and leaped on the bed. That’s when my partner, who was originally from asia ,learned that dementia patient can take your words quite literally.

Still laugh about it from time to time.