So.. Another night and another indebted thanks to neighbours who came out with torches looking for mum who had got out the house again.
Mum and dad live together and mum is in what I would call the late stages of dementia and after many escapes including in the middle of the night dad had promised me he had locked all the doors and hidden the keys but apparently she climbed out the window. She is 77 and I find this hard to believe.
She does not believe it is her home and is looking for her mum.
In an off guarded moment I heard one of the neighbours - who has captured mum previously - saying to my dad WHY DON'T YOU GET HELP
as their son I heard this and was embarrassed. We are seen as not taking care of mum but unless dad let's go I can't make him do anything.
Any suggestions how to make that next big change? I really feared tonight mum was going to run out of lives and be knocked down in the road. I sometimes think dad wants this as it solves a problem.
Suggestions please. I can only think of forcing mum into a home.....
Mum and dad live together and mum is in what I would call the late stages of dementia and after many escapes including in the middle of the night dad had promised me he had locked all the doors and hidden the keys but apparently she climbed out the window. She is 77 and I find this hard to believe.
She does not believe it is her home and is looking for her mum.
In an off guarded moment I heard one of the neighbours - who has captured mum previously - saying to my dad WHY DON'T YOU GET HELP
as their son I heard this and was embarrassed. We are seen as not taking care of mum but unless dad let's go I can't make him do anything.
Any suggestions how to make that next big change? I really feared tonight mum was going to run out of lives and be knocked down in the road. I sometimes think dad wants this as it solves a problem.
Suggestions please. I can only think of forcing mum into a home.....