Sort of. My mother hasn't been diagnosed officially, but every single marker is there. My dad has been hesitant to go through the process of having her license taken away. She's gotten MUCH worse in the past two years, and everything, including her language, has gotten more erratic.
Now for some backstory. I grew up, and my parents still live there, in a house behind Cal State Hayward (now called CSU East Bay, stupid name change). Hayward Blvd connects to their street, and for a while it runs alongside Campus Road that loops around the campus. About 15 years ago, they installed a two arm gate along that stretch, for emergency vehicles. and ONLY emergency vehicles. When I was visiting last month, my dad informed me that mom has been cutting through that gate, damaging the gate (government property anyone?) and scratching up the car. The campus cops were told a while back that if they caught her doing it, to bust her.
That day has come. On her way back from grocery shopping, she did it again. Three cop cars followed her home... When they tried talking to her, she told them to "go to he**" (something my mother would NEVER have said when she was better) ...her license has been confiscated, and Dad won't bother getting it back... *sigh* life with Alzeimer's...
I know some here have dealt with this kind of thing, a declining parent as such. Well, we won't have to deal with the other feared outcome: her hitting someone. Now we just have to keep her car keys away from her. Dad is contemplating getting rid of that car (and just using mine, which i gave up last month), and we know she won't drive my old thing (an SUV).
Any ideas?
Now for some backstory. I grew up, and my parents still live there, in a house behind Cal State Hayward (now called CSU East Bay, stupid name change). Hayward Blvd connects to their street, and for a while it runs alongside Campus Road that loops around the campus. About 15 years ago, they installed a two arm gate along that stretch, for emergency vehicles. and ONLY emergency vehicles. When I was visiting last month, my dad informed me that mom has been cutting through that gate, damaging the gate (government property anyone?) and scratching up the car. The campus cops were told a while back that if they caught her doing it, to bust her.
That day has come. On her way back from grocery shopping, she did it again. Three cop cars followed her home... When they tried talking to her, she told them to "go to he**" (something my mother would NEVER have said when she was better) ...her license has been confiscated, and Dad won't bother getting it back... *sigh* life with Alzeimer's...
I know some here have dealt with this kind of thing, a declining parent as such. Well, we won't have to deal with the other feared outcome: her hitting someone. Now we just have to keep her car keys away from her. Dad is contemplating getting rid of that car (and just using mine, which i gave up last month), and we know she won't drive my old thing (an SUV).
Any ideas?