She has degenerative eye disease. She takes all his clothes and shoes before bed and has hit him with her cane and sucker punches him in the gut in the middle of the night. Some of this is on video. She accuses the "girlfriends" of moving her clothes in her closets during the night and taking her jewelry. (My father in law shuffles as he walks.) She also shoves a chair under the door knob to keep him in his room so he won't "cheat". He stays and takes the abuse because, "she needs me to help her." What can we do? He is of sound mind and she seems to be in front of professionals.
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It doesn't mean that this situation should continue.
Get mom to either a geriatric psychiatrist or geriatrician and tell her/him what's going on.
Get dad to a neurologist for a workup of the shuffle. Parkinsons? Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus? It's not normal aging.
Perhaps you should get her to the proper medical professional before she needs a lawyer.
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if we would like a referral to a geriatric dr.
the geriactric dr apt was great! someone who listened and understood moms behavior.
mom was constantly STUCK (in her head)on a story about being robbed. her bank info stolen etc.(resides AL)
other stories - phone calls, people in hallways, stolen newspapers, people talking about her (like they know her personal history and they are gossiping about her)
Im probably forgetting more examples
but geriatric dr put her on low dose Citalopram. So far it does seem to keep her not "so worried."
Geriatric dr did not put her on any Alzheimer's meds which Im ok with.
As for your Mom-in-Law being fine in front of professionals, it is possible for someone who has dementia to do what is called "showtiming" where the person can act very normal. It is a mystery how a person can do this, it is very real.