We live in a semi detached.Neighbours are a elderly couple in mid 80's.
Male half of couple has vascular dementia and has had to give up driving (which I learned through a conversation with next door but one neighbour who's hubby has recently passed as he was also suffering from VD).
We've never had a issue with the male half of couple but his wife has moaned about everything we've done since we've moved in.She openly dislikes us.She dislikes children and pets.
She has a very rocky relationship with her own children and step children.They don't particularly like her.Her stepson once did some work on our house and when we asked if he'd be popping in to say hello to his dad he explained that he and siblings/step siblings were not fond of their mum/stepmom.
Anyway over the past 18 months the woman next door has been doing and saying some frankly bizarre things that is making my family uncomfortable.She's taken to hiding behind her front bedroom door and watching any of us when we're out on our front for any reason.
When in her front/bed gardens she's taken to starting into the front and back reception rooms and through the open backdoor to my kitchen if it's open.We're having to keep our door shut/blinds down.
And then there's the couple of times she's popped up to have a "go" at my DH.She has come out with some really strange stuff.Her latest is that my husband is a "man of god" who's been "trained in the church".My DH is a atheist who avoids churches.
Other weird things include her saying she's never seen our dogs out in the garden (their out there daily 3-4 times a day) and often she's been in her garden when their out,her accusing of not using our family car in a year when we were using it weekly and a few other strange things such as we can't park in front of our house because it's near (not quite) a junction however she sometimes parks her car there.On Thursday night at 8pm she came around demanding that evening (as in physically that evening) we replace some of her fence panels at the bottom of her garden that borders ours.
I think she has the onset of dementia.I don't think her friends/family are around enough to notice her strange behaviour and her husband is ill himself so unlikely to notice his wife is not doing so well.
She wouldn't be receptive to offers of help from us do I don't know what to do other than contact the social services.
Any suggestions welcome