Since my father’s dementia diagnosis family and friends have been wonderfully supportive....
Except for one lifelong friend of my dad’s who has been a constant thorn. Questioning me at every turn, being verbally abusive towards my poor mother and myself. When this Meddler talks to my dad I’ve noticed my dad’s paranoia and anxiety are heightened afterwards. It really sends him into a spiral. When my dad was in the hospital during our court hearings for guardianship it was easier with the help of the wonderful nursing staff to keep this man’s constant b.s. phone calls and meddling at bay. I am glad my dad has friends. I just feel that this friend could be a better friend by not sharing everything with my dad that will upset him. I’ve written, texted, and called this guy and explained what he’s doing isn’t helping my dad, it’s hurting him. I reached a breaking point in August when the Meddler started harassing me, and demanding I do as he says via texts. So I blocked him from calling or texting. 1 problem solved, I guess.
I don’t want to completely take my dad’s cell phone away either. I don’t feel that’s the best way to solve the crappy friend issue on my dads end.
Now, that my dad is in the memory care facility he’s calling my dad and stirring things up again, and calling and emailing my mother about how horrible she is for letting me put my dad in a memory care facility. I’ve reminded the Meddler that a court, 5 doctors, and 2 psychologists have all deemed my dad incapacitated. I didn’t do this to be hurtful, I did this to help my dad by keeping him safe. In an environment that will help him. I certainly didn’t make the diagnosis. 5 doctors all said
Degenerative Brain Disease/Dementia/possible DLB.
The facility doesn’t want house mates to have a lot of cash on hand and has asked that we only send $20 a month. My dad with dementia tells the Meddler he has no money and that we are starving him, foods terrible etc. So now he’s going to send my dad $100 I mean if he wants to have his money stolen, or lost I guess that’s on him🤷🏼♀️. Also side note: when my dad was still in the hospital for physical therapy until the court stuff was settled this Meddler literally on 2 occasions tried to help my dad escape! He’s a real pia. I know I don’t ever need to justify myself to this A-clown.
Covid...... dang. Visiting my dad through the window, seeing that he has been wearing the same clothing for the 4th straight week in a row really lights me on fire.
Has anyone else out there had to deal with obnoxious meddlers? Anyhoodles thanks for letting me get this out...
You need to get a hold of your father's cell phone and BLOCK the A-clown. Period. You have neither the access nor time for supervising phone calls! And notify the facility in writing of this man's full name - if you have a picture of him attach it - and that he is under no circumstances to be granted access to your father. If you need to get a restraining order, so be it.
As for the emails the A-clown is sending your mother, report his address as SPAM. Protect yourself and your mother from this hurtful jerk. He either feels entitled to meddle in your family's affairs or he himself is suffering from cognitive decline/dementia and has no filter. But either way, NONE of that is your problem.
Frankly, it sounds like this guy has dementia, too. Does he have any family you can talk to about his behavior?
As far as his meddling friend goes, I second what Daughter1930 said.
at the nursing home. The minute this guy starts acting up, the phone call ends. If he acts up while visiting your father then he's escorted out of the facility and no allowed to visit anymore.
I hope you kept those harassing phone calls, texts and emails. Grounds for a restraining order. This meddler has gone too far. There maybe some mental problem here.
Yes, I would call the facility to ask why Dad is in the same clothes. They can't make him bathe or dress but the staff should know little tricks to get around it. With my Mom they threatened to tell me. If you find he is refusing have Mom call and say "Dear here you are not getting a shower or changing clothes. You need to do this to be clean and fresh for me". Or like I would do with Mom "you don't want to stink". 😊
Yes! My Meddler is doing the whole “when we get you out of here” crap too! It’s so unhelpful. I always say our Meddler has some sort of hero complex. We had to tell some hard truths with my dad too. Thanks Meddler!
His family and children hate him so he’s making himself busy messing with my family.He’s 71 year old man who needs to get a life.
Just to clarify, you don't have to have your life threatened to obtain a restraining order. Meddler's harrasement and interference of your dad's care could be enough.
Last Saturday my dad’s facility called and said my dad needed to go to the ER because of a sore on his ankle that just wasn’t healing. So I was able to meet him there and be with him as his guardian. They ended up admitting him as his oxygen levels were low, they found him to be quite anemic, he has a lot of edema from his kneecaps upwards due to congestive heart failure. He had a blood transfusion and he will be there until Monday trying to get rid of the water weight. This was going to be a super hard Christmas this year regardless of the pandemic as my mom left my dad in late July, and then we had 3 months of court festivities for guardianship. He is so happy at the hospital and said he wished he could stay there and not go back to the Dungeons(what my dad calls the memory care facility)
So anyway when I was with him on Saturday while he was getting a CT scan I found his phone in his coat pocket with his cigarettes. I found the meddlers contact info and tapped his name. It then asked if I wanted to block this contact from phone calls and texts. I blocked him from calling, but my dad can make calls to him. So when you look up his contact info he isn’t listed as a blocked caller. That’s in a whole different setting and thankfully my dad has no idea how to find that on his phone. Yeah!!! Thanks all for the idea!
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