Hi,
Yesterday our elderly neighbour (next door but one) was calling 'help' from his garden after a fall. DH had to go through our neighbours and climb over to help him. An hour previous to this the police had been there and kicked down his door as he had a fall in the kitchen and managed to call them!
He clearly cannot wash as he smells of strong urine, his house is absolutely filthy and he has lost weight presumably he isn't able to cook for himself. His son lives abroad and just calls regularly but has told us he will be getting an alarm around his neck. But to call who?! He has no family near by. But I don't feel this is good enough at all. What do I do?
Previously the son had given us a key and asked us to pop in regularly! We have a young family with 3 kids, work commitments and our own lives, and felt this was really unfair as we cannot care for him and to be frank not our problem.
What can we do to ensure he gets the proper care? I feel sorry for the old chap he needs proper care..