Right Hand

Pa has been eating with his left hand. The occupational therapist wants him to start using his right hand. She gave us a piece of foam where you can insert a spoon. Pa can hold it in his fist, like a little kid, and use it to feed himself. He has to learn how to bend his wrist the right way to scoop up the food, lift the spoon to his mouth, and turn his wrist in a different direction so that the spoon enters his mouth the right way. He doesn't want to do it because he says the food will just fall back on his plate or his lap. But yesterday we did it together. I closed my hand over his fist and turned his wrist the right way so that he can feed himself without the food falling off. I think I'll keep doing that for several days till he learns it. The important thing he has to do is to watch what his hand so that his brain registers what he's doing.