If the fall was unwitnessed he needs to go to the hospital regardless of what he or anyone else says, this is so that he can be cheked over -head and hips. Falls of less than two meters can be very traumatic for older people so its best to get things check out and a plan put in place if there are difficulties post fall (not all fractures are obvious in the first 24 hours).
I don't know your dads dementia type, but peripheral vision does fade in may types so not knowing how he fell is probably because he actually didn't see out to his sides as you and I would.
Should you contact the SS or 111 ? Only you can make that call, but certainly I would call your dad and see how he is tonight if he will answer the phone and by morning I would certainly alert his GP -they can takeover and decide how they are going to manage things if they need to. You can't wrap people up in cotton wool, but you can change the circumstances they live in.....
Vascular dementia with severe loss of brain cells in both frontal, temporal on both sides and occipital lobes.
Thanks you for your advice it is gratefully appreciated.
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@Felixcat1 , how is your dad today? I think phoning 111 for advice rather than going straight to A&E would be the best thing unless it is very obvious that your dad has done himself an obvious mischief. My mum has had lots of falls and has never come to harm, but my mother in law had a series of them where she badly bumped her head that needed trips to A&E.
I really think it is time to consider care home. If your dad hadn't managed to get himself up he could have been there all night.
I phoned him first thing and he said that he was okay apart from his hand.
I’ve just spoken to him again and he said the neighbour came round this morning and wanted to take him to hospital but he wouldn’t hear of it. He is very stubborn.
He went back to bed after I spoke to him this morning which he never does. His hips are hurting and his legs are too. He is still adamant that he doesn’t need to go to the hospital because he can still walk.
He did seem confused and he asked me how it all came to this. When I asked what he replied, how did I end up living in this house on my own? Where are my boys and girls. (He had three girls, (but my parents lost 3 babies at nearly full term before I was born and one of them was a boy.) I explained that we had grown up and moved away and that mum had died etc and that’s why he is on his own. He just said “oh”. ?