My father was diagnosed with dementia about 3 years ago now and since January we have noticed a quite rapid deterioration. This has placed a considerable strain on my mother who is not in good health and is finding it very hard to cope. After much discussion she finally agreed to a night's respite and we arranged for him to spend last night at his usual day care unit.
Unfortunately there was a physical altercation with another patient who it appears objected to my father being there. My father is a big man, who before his illness was not aggressive but now has tantrums, throws things around and it can be very difficult to manage. As a consquence after only 3 hours at the centre we received a phone call to say that they were too short staffed and would we collect him and take him home to my mother. I was quite upset at the attitude of the carer who rang, she told us that they would write a report and may get the police involved.
We've asked for a meeting with the Senior Nurse to talk about what happened and a possible way forward. But is it usual for the police to become involved in such situations?
Kind regards
Jules
Unfortunately there was a physical altercation with another patient who it appears objected to my father being there. My father is a big man, who before his illness was not aggressive but now has tantrums, throws things around and it can be very difficult to manage. As a consquence after only 3 hours at the centre we received a phone call to say that they were too short staffed and would we collect him and take him home to my mother. I was quite upset at the attitude of the carer who rang, she told us that they would write a report and may get the police involved.
We've asked for a meeting with the Senior Nurse to talk about what happened and a possible way forward. But is it usual for the police to become involved in such situations?
Kind regards
Jules