https://www.tumblr.com/castlesprincess/817977401805078528/one-of-my-residents-tried-to-unplug-another-one?source=share
That's low-key unhinged lol. Inspired me to ask abt headcanons if dex and Matt and frank & Co. Were residents? What kind of stuff would they get up to? ☺️
Thcidiwkski this is so funny stop
I'm gonna start with the sad one and say Frank would be the one wandering around asking/looking for Maria & the kids and would only take his meds without an argument when the nurse who bares a passing resemblance to Maria is there (no one knows what she does special until they see the picture of his family)
Matt would have half the staff thinking the other half was crazy because "no that old completely blind man is not doing all of that". They'd have him as a feed and not let him off unit until they realize he gets around fine somehow. He'll only go to rec group for the whole thing if Karen goes and if she doesn't he'll come down if asked and then just wander off when he gets bored. Same with lunch, he eats wherever staff puts him but it has to be at a table with Karen and Foggy. Some really nice rec girl would get him a braille Bible & get some old court records in braille for him to 'go over'. He'd be sitting by the nurses station doing his paperwork (Frank would 'accidentally' knock the papers off his table). He'd request a priest come in for confession every so often and would go to all the religious programs.
I have these two lady residents who have always roomed together as long as they've been here even when they switched units even though they have on occasion throw hands and one will argue at the other sometimes. This would be Frank and Matt. Like, do not separate but also yes please separate. If Matt ever had to go to the hospital for whatever reason some of the staff would expect Frank to be relieved to have the room to himself but he'd be mopier than usual and linger around Karen more. He would HATE nursing home coffee, one or two of the morning nurses would pick him up coffee on their way in and he would kill for them.
If another resident was being mean to staff Matt would try to help diffuse. Frank would just watch and if the other resident got physical he would too. Frank is unplugging Matt's tv when he gets tired of the news being on. Frank is not going down to recreation for anything, would barely accept visits but you could convince him to play cards or something and he would not so secretly be really into musician and dog/kid visits- a therapy dog visiting would be the first time most of the staff see Frank smile). You'd walk into their room and see Matt on the ground and Frank would be like "...he fell". 98% of this man's chart would be "refused care". If another resident is screaming he'd go over and tell them to shut the fuck up.
On veteran's day Frank is not going to any ceremony and would be like "don't give me shit" when they go around with special handouts (at my job last time I worked on Veterans Day it was a little pin and certificate). Dex would probably be hit or miss if he actually went to the ceremony but he'd accept the little offerings and be like "^_^". Neither are going to be the 'telling old war stories' guys though. (Tbh the only veteran residents I have that did tell stories/boast never saw action and were assholes in general).
All of these men have abused the hell out of their bodies, none of them are fully physically independent but they will try to be. They've all got wanderguards (Dex and Frank because they need them, Matt just as a precaution because he's blind).
Dex would have lost his access to real utensils and would have to have plastic ones. C He either needs to have a private room or a room with someone who's non-responsive/doesn't get much visits. He'd latch on really hard to one specific staff member and will be agitated if they deign to have a day off. Theyd get told of him having behaviors when they're not here and be like "what? He's a little off but really sweet?". Until they're late one day and Dex's like "but I checked and there was no traffic coming from *street name where they live*?" So, eventually that staff member gets switched to a different unit away from Dex and that's how he ends up doing a stint in psych. Man will also keep his routine up, he is eating his breakfast and going to PT every morning at the same time. Him and Karen would not be able to be on the same unit. I think if he was medicated well enough he'd be pretty chill eventually. If you took him to recreation he'd stay but would just observe most of the time, although he would be phenomenal with a nerf gun.
Karen would be going to the salon every week just to get her hair washed nice. She knows the tea about every single resident and most of the staff. She would go to groups and stay the whole time if asked because she'd feel bad saying no and she'd like the socialization. She'd always get Matt to go socialize too. She's the resident you'd vent about your s/o to and she'd be like "honey; leave them immediately, please." And try to hook you up with one of Foggy's grand nieces or nephews or something. (If you tell Frank about your relationship problems he'd ask if you wanted him to 'take care of them'). She'd be amazing with the other little old ladies and really sweet with the ones cognitively impaired. She's also throwing hands if another resident is getting into it with staff.
Foggys hitting on all the lady staff (and if there's a man too he'll be like 'I mean, you're a good looking guy too"). But in a cute endearing old man way not in a Problem way. Every single staff member and resident will know that he was supposed to be a butcher. They would be able to recite the story word by word in their sleep. Him and Matt would always be outside each other's rooms yapping (usually Foggy's because Frank would eventually get annoyed). Who's Josie? No one knows but Foggy's inviting half the staff and saying they can all drink on his tab. Foggy would always go to recreation purely for the socialization and he would have to be told to hush during bingo.
Matt: "I used to be daredevil"
Frank: "I've killed more people than you've met in your life"
Dex: "I used to be an FBI agent"
Karen: "I've killed before"
Foggy: "Y'know, my mom wanted me to be a butcher ☺️"
Nurse: "that's nice, sweeties"
Nursing home Frank core v