how to deal with a defiant elderly parent...

[packman]

4. Had to do it to my mother-in-law

early late stages (hope that makes sense) of Alzheimer's. She became increasingly belligerent and wanted to move back to her home in Pennsylvania. Got to the point where she kicked out the ground-level screens in her room and started walking down the street to "catch a bus" to take her home.

We forced some valium into her and put her into our van took her the local hospital which handled such cases. There they had to strap her down in a wheel chair after she threw a shoe at a doctor.

They medicated her and kept her under observation while we got a Baker's Act (legal doc. needed in Florida for signing her into our care). She was transported from the hospital to an intensive care nursing home where she stayed until eventually passing away.

You'll have rough days ahead and the only thing to do is to more forward with the peace of mind that you are doing the best you can and with all love behind anything you have to do . There comes a time when we have to become parents to our parents and courage is needed .