Would anyone recommend any of these books as something to read for a Polish learner? I'm looking for something family friendly
I'm not a beginner at Polish and am looking to advance in my understanding, hence I want a challenge. I don't expect to be able to read something easily, just something I can progress with.
My friend and I have been visiting this elderly guy (83) who has had a couple of strokes and is in a care home. He is pretty miserable in there and has been very cheered up by us visiting. He was even happier when last week we took him out to visit his lady friend, for a walk and a haircut!
This week my friend took him out and he was saying he wanted to go back to his house. I had heard him saying this as well and wasn't aware of any issue with this. He told my friend though that his daughter (the next of kin who gave the care home permission for us to take him out in the first place) had said she didn't want him going back to his house. My friend, despite knowing this, took him to the house as he was so insistent. There was CCTV there though which the daughter saw and apparently was not happy.
I'm not sure how formally the instruction not to take him to the house was ever given to my friend. I know I wasn't told any such thing. He said the care home might have said something, but neither of us have spoken to the next of kin directly. My friend was aware though that the daughter didn't want this guy taken back to his house. He has told me that he thinks he would be capable of living back there on his own, which from my limited perspective is absolutely not the case. She doesn't want him getting ideas about this and so it clearly wasn't the right thing to take him back there.
My friend knows he messed up and informally apologised for what he'd done, asking the care home to pass on the apology to the daughter. Neither of us have spoken to her directly. He said to me that he was thinking of writing an apology note to her, which I strongly advised him against. I said we didn't know if this women was a friendly person that we could trust and that putting something in writing about his own actions could be a mistake. I think he has accepted this advice.
My question really is about next moves. This guy is quite lonely where he is and has really been cheered up by our visits and particularly by us taking him out. My friend is the one with the car so it's on him to do the driving and currently he's saying he doesn't want anything to do with it. He's been badly affected by realising the mistake he's made and really doesn't want to get in any more trouble, which I can understand.
I'm not sure quite how serious a matter this could be and am wondering if I should try to speak to the care home or the daughter and try and smooth things over, or whether this is something that I myself shouldn't get involved in without seeking legal advice in case something I say makes things worse or accidentally gets my friend in worse trouble.
From knowing this elderly guy I know he won't want to let it drop. He'll want to keep talking about going back to the house and if I do visit he'll constantly be asking when my friend's next going to be taking him out. It's an awkward situation for me to be involved in at this point, even though I wasn't involved in the incident, as I won't know quite what to say.
What would you do in my position?