I have an elderly neighbor who was so confused just now :( [View All]

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I pulled into my driveway with my daughter after picking her up from school, and she walked across the street, without looking saying "Sir, sir, can you help me?" over and over. Following her was her mentally handicapped son who is in his 50's now.

I asked what the problem was and she said that she couldn't get into her house and that her husband was missing. I asked when was the last time she saw her husband and got several answers, it was then that I realized that she was extremely confused.

She must have gone downhill very fast because I would speak to her and her husband occasionally as they walked around the neighborhood if I was outside, and never noticed a problem before now.

Anyway, I said of course I would help, and walked with her over to her house to try and help her get back in. Trouble was, she was trying to get into the house next door, the one she owns as well, but it is rented to another family. That family wasn't helping her though, and was avoiding going to the door, probably not wanting to get involved. I told her to follow me to her house and that was her rental property, etc.

She was talking about not being able to get into the house, but the front door was open, she went in, came back out, tried to get into the car, said she didn't know where her keys were, and kept saying "Please don't leave me sir".

My other daughter got off the bus around this time with her friends, now there are five kids there with me too.

She was so worried about her husband being missing and was walking around the house, inside, outside, and every time she got out of view of me would say "Please don't leave me, sir". I wasn't about to.

Her cat got out, so the kids were trying to catch the cat for her.

I thought the best thing to do at this point was to call the police to see if they could do anything.

No sooner did I put my cell phone back in my pocket, the husband shows up. He was in the back working on his boat. Then another son drove up, and the father said to him, "Mom's been wandering again."

More happened, but more of the same actually.

They thanked me for staying with her and helping her, as best I could really. And as the kids and I walked back we had a little conversation about what had happened and how it's important to help people because some day that person could be you.

So freakin' sad though. :(