13-10-2006, 06:49
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Re: Pensioner still separated fom wife
He may believe he is capable of looking after her but perhaps he isn't. How do we know? He may be an ex-para but he's 88 years old. I'm nowhere near that and I wouldn't like to try looking after someone with dementia. I know someone who was in the exact opposite position and had to plead for a residential place for her husband who has dementia. He kept "escaping" from home and getting into all kinds of danger.
Many years ago an elderly lady with dementia who lived near us burned herself to death. I often used to find her wandering about the streets bcause she had forgtten where she lived. Every time took her home she woud ask me where I lived and if I'd had to go a long way out of my way. She hadn't a clue who I was. We often used ta say she shoud be in a home where someone would keep an eye on her.
Perhaps the real tragedy of this case is that the gentleman can't be in the same home as his wife but there is no room for him there.
I found this part of the report partiularly sad
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Just 12 hours after the move, Lancashire County Council secured a "guardianship" court order giving it legal possession of her.
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Possession of her? Is she an inanimate object?
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