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For today, take the wheels off his car and put it on axle stands. Deny all knowledge of how that happened. Run like the wind.
Ask his local police to call and "have a word."
If in all seriousness he is doing this because he wants some sweets, get him some sweets for Chrissakes. The time has long passed when you can protect him from the consequences of his poor dietary decisions.
Yes, it was a big drama scene and very unpleasant. Thank god I did it before someone got killed.
There are 2 ways to do this. A family intervention, take the keys then the car. That way he’ll hate everyone equally. Or.....
Disable the car. Pop the hood, open the fuse/relay box and pull out the starter relay. It will be labeled on the fuse box lid. When FIL is asleep stick the relay back in and remove the car.
Don’t let him be the old guy on the six o’clock news that drives through the store window.
I am the one whose father drove INTO the bank. By the grace of God, the pregnant woman whose office he drove into was at a doctor appt. It took us another 5 years and multiple interactions with cops and optometrists to get him to stop driving. The police did what they could, but in his stage of dementia, it only made him go onto a stage of threatening cops.
This is the hardest thing you will ever do, even harder than if you have to place them into care. But please do it. Great advice above. How can he stop if he cannot feel his feet? He will end up killing someone. This Christmas, an elderly man here drove the wrong way down the interstate and killed a young couple. He walked away.
Snitch that car and put it into a storage unit. Have a family intervention. This really frightens me. I am so over the pride thing. Human life (potential victims) is too valuable.
He needs to be in a care center if he's not rational and the daughter can't stand up to his insistence on driving illegally and dangerously. At this point he is like a deranged person with a gun.
I'm sorry if that sounds unkind. I think it's the truth.
Bottom line - your FIL is not thinking straight - cannot be reasoned with. Is a danger to himself and others. He doesn't sound like you can deal with his car with out him raging - there is not a "nice" way to do this. He is going to be p-oed. If your SIL can't stand up to him - then the sons need to and who cares if he flips out.
I honestly do not see the logic of hoping that he won't kill anyone in the mean time until someone can deal with him in a few months.
I see this in much the same way. If he will not willingly give up driving (which is dangerous) then it is the caregivers (plural) responsible to make it happen. Using safety measures...disable the car, take the keys, lock the garage...and be more watchful...are absolutely necessary. Keeping our LOs safe is the highest form of respect.
I do feel compassion for your FIL. Find ways to meet his needs...if that is sweets...look for healthy diabetic alternatives. Sorry, if you think everyone was being unkind...I just think this is so scary they want you to know how serious it is. Waiting until May doesn't seem advisable.
He might kill someone or himself.
Are you really having trouble deciding between those two?
Which frightens you more?
Him freaking out?
or
Someone dies because of his driving or is terribly injured followed by a lawsuit?
According to my husband, the absolutely worst thing about his 10 year journey with dementia was having his license revoked. This happened within the first year. He mourned his car for at least a full year. He finally got past that and spent the rest of his life mostly content.
We are not giving you unkind answers because we don't know how extremely hard this is for the caregiver. We have been the caregiver. And not all of us are assertive by nature. This is extremely hard on SIL. I am truly sorry about that. It is hard on your husband and his brother. My heart goes out to them, too. But public safety trumps all of that.
The possible consequences here are too severe to worry about being "kind."
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