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[quote=Anonymous]OP here and thanks for all the replies.  My dad is in a rural part of Maryland and does not have specialists beyond his neurologist.  He is on anti-psychotics now or is supposed to be but is not always consistent with the medication.  He has home health aides for the moment but we don't know how much longer that can continue as he has attacked two.  If he decides he doesn't want to take the meds he won't and will get very angry about it so the aides back off.  I do know about the UTI and mental state connection as this is one of my MIL's frequent problems (yup I've got the caregiving on both sides)  At this point I feel like if we can get him into a place it will be a better set up than having him at home  He did carpentry and building as his career and alone in the house he is "tinkering."  In his altered state he is slowly destroying the house.  I learned that he removed the dining room pendant light over the weekend.  He's removed locks from doors and messed with plumbing flooding the basement.  Why hasn't he been moved already?  He fought guardianship tooth and nail and when my sister finally got it it came with the caveat that he remain in his own home and we now have to go back to court to get him moved to a facility.  [/quote]

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