Thought I would put this out there, as I feel sad about what has happened to my neighbours. They are husband and wife, he is the carer for her, as she has Alzheimers. He is dedicated and she is very very difficult - I have seen her behaviour, she is on some form of medication to control her aggression but won't always take it. There have been many occasions where she wanders along the street in her bare feet, and sits on people's doorsteps. Just before Christmas I found her on the street so took her home (with a lot of cajoling) I found her husband sat sobbing in the hall head in hands, clearly with carer breakdown. She hadn't taken her medication. When I got home I called the social services and followed up with an email, about my concern for both of my neighbours especially the husband. I had no response whatsoever. A couple of days ago I noticed thier blinds were not drawn, and its not as they go away (no one visits, and they have animals so would not go away), the 2nd day I noticed they had not put out their bin, so I called on their door, shouted his name - no reply, just the cat miaowing They do sometimes go to the local shops but not for long. Later I knocked again no response, very worried now, also the cat was locked in. Called social services who were very unhelpful saying they could not give me any information, when I pushed they said all was being dealt with, I asked about the cat she just kept saying its all being dealt with, very high handed. I can only presume the husband has had some sort of breakdown and his wife is in care ( I did see 2 ambulances there about a 5 days ago, but they often have an ambulance) The next day I called to the cat and pushed some ice cubes through the letter box, but no response, so I hope that someone has taken it .
It's sad isn't it that people are all too busy not to notice something wrong? We live on a small street but its not very friendly and people would rather look the other way. This could be any of us.
It's sad isn't it that people are all too busy not to notice something wrong? We live on a small street but its not very friendly and people would rather look the other way. This could be any of us.