Brianna,
My Aunt kept calling the police to help her when she couldn't pick my
uncle off the floor when he would fall. He had alzheimers for many
years.
She called so many times and the police would oblige over and over
again, but finally they took him to the hospital (against her will)
and they refused to release him to her care anymore. He was placed
in a nursing home, where he remained a few more months until he
died. My aunt kept saying she could care for him, even when it
became extremely clear that it was not possible, and that he needed
professional nursing care.
So it may become a matter of public record as to how many times the
police have had to respond to his nonsense calls, and he may end up in
a nursing home anyway. So let him call away! It may be the method
by which your poor sister obtains some respite.
Evelyn
Hi Evelyn,
I copied and paste your e-mail from July.
This afternoon, we went out to dinner. He wanted to go eat corn chowder.
While there, he turned on my sister and asked her to take him out of
there.
We had ordered our iced tea and he became belligerent and kept saying call
the cops, call the cops. My sister took him outside and he was shouting
and
wanted to hit my sister. The managers called the police and they came.
The
police officer couldn't get two words in because he kept cursing me and
his
wife. They finally called an ambulance and the fire dept came out. Took
his
blood pressure and it was fine. They felt they needed to take him to the
pysc ward because he was out of control. He kept saying, we had stolen his
car and he needed the keys.
The managers there were so sup****tive and stayed with us until they took
him
away. We finally went in and had a bite to eat before coming home.
I can honestly say, the police officer was so professional and so good at
handling him. My thanks to the San Bernardino County Sheriff in
California.
My sister doesn't know what to do at this point. She is thinking of
ending
the marriage but my suggestion is to put him in a nursing home.
Bri
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