Is the nursing home calling the police when he "breaks out"?
You cannot care for him. It's pretty clear that not even certain nursing homes that have 24/7 staff and security can care for him. You cannot be expected to take him back home!
If this happens again, tell police/nursing home to take him to the ER and, once in the hospital, refuse to have him discharged to your home.
On your profile you wrote that your husband has Parkinson's and early dementia. When he breaks out of nursing homes, is he incoherent or just being difficult??
My husband also has Parkinson’s and is in a nursing home. In fact, he’s in his second one because he broke out of the first so they sent him to a different one with a locked unit. He still tries to break out. I’m terrified that if the Medicaid we applied for doesn’t come through that they’ll send him home. I’m 73 and can’t care for him anymore. I have been told repeatedly that I can refuse to take him home if it is considered unsafe. That is apparently the key. It certainly is true in my case.
It sounds like perhaps your husband needs admission to a psychiatric facility to get his meds calibrated. Can you talk to the Nursing Home about that option?
Or get him transported to the ER for evaluation; from there, you are within your rights to say that you cannot care for him at home.
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You cannot care for him. It's pretty clear that not even certain nursing homes that have 24/7 staff and security can care for him. You cannot be expected to take him back home!
If this happens again, tell police/nursing home to take him to the ER and, once in the hospital, refuse to have him discharged to your home.
On your profile you wrote that your husband has Parkinson's and early dementia. When he breaks out of nursing homes, is he incoherent or just being difficult??
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Or get him transported to the ER for evaluation; from there, you are within your rights to say that you cannot care for him at home.