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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't leave a person with dementia on their own, not even for a few weeks.  My neighbor ended up falling down the stairs at night and cracking her skull.  Wasn't found until the next day and that is with neighbors having to check on her as the kids thought she was okay to live alone.  This is after she got lost driving and kept locking herself out of the house, trying the wrong key in the door over and over. "Nope, she is okay."

Too bad doctors don't do any routine cognitive testing of seniors or make having a POA, etc a requirement to receive social security.  [/quote]
I understand what you’re saying, but if she won’t accept help I don’t know what I can do. I can’t stay here forever waiting her out. My presence is clearly of no comfort to her, and is in fact agitating her even more as I disrupt her privacy and routines. So far, she is able to take care of herself, and there are numerous neighbors and friends to help. Ironically, she locked herself out today when she slammed the screen door in a rage and the hook flew up and latched (see my earlier comment). There definitely needs to be better mental and cognitive screening for the elderly. She had her yearly wellness check a couple of months ago and supposedly passed the cursory cognitive check with flying colors.[/quote]

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