Hello, I've only posted once before but I hope someone can offer some useful information as we seem to be coming up against brick walls all of the time! My grandmother (88) has Alzheimers and lives alone - my father is her only carer but he cannot cope with her personal needs or her nastiness. She has now started wandering and has been picked up by strangers 3 times already this week. My father provides all meals but now she is not even using the toilet, she goes in the out house or has just started peeing in front of him. He really cannot cope with this but her community psych nurse , the district nurse and social services all say that if she is unwilling to accept help then that's it! She needs 24 hour surveillance and needs to be in a home but she says no. What are we supposed to do if my dad cracks up first? I think there is more of a chance of him being sectioned before his mother. Has she really got to be knocked over or dragged out of a river before she is classed as being a danger to herself? If you let a child live alone like that you would be locked up. A phone call to say he cannot cope today has only resulted in her being invited to look around a day care centre a week on Monday. Is there any way at all somebody is going to look after her 24/7? Sorry for going on but this whole situation is ridiculous. She doesn't know what she is saying no to but that's all the so called health care professionals are bothered about. It sounds (and is) terrible but she needs to be sectioned to get some full time care. Any information would be most gratefully received. Thank-you, Alyson