Cabin fever and the care recipient

Have you heard of cabin fever? It is well known in Alaska, it is the condition where the weather is lousy enough to keep people inside to the point that they are starting to go stir crazy. It can cause you to feel depressed, sick, sleepy all the time, grouchy, uncomfortable... it is not nice.

I've come to the conclusion that cabin fever is a large part of the problems my dad has been having. He has been inside because of the weather so much that he is just going stir-crazy.

Hopefully soon my older sister will be here with a 4x4 truck that will let her get him and mom out for drives that the poor old Cadillac with its non-working heater can't manage.