kraftiekortie wrote:
Your brother was giving good advice. But your mother wasn't rational enough to receive it as such.
If I would have recommended that for my mother, she would have gotten paranoid, too. So I leave the decision up to her. I'm not even going to mention it.
Not blaming your brother--at all.
Which state of Australia do you reside in? It seems that many things in Australia are left up to the states to decide, similar to what happens in the US (though there might be more of a Federal presence in the US).
It's hard NOT to call the police. Do you have any knowledge of the nature of the police in your area? Sometimes, they can do these sorts of things right---other times, though, they could be very questionable.
It was only a suggestion by my brother.
I was there when he said it.
He wasn't pushing, or anything.
He only told her what he had witnessed, working in an aged care facility.
Calling the police on your own mother seems excessive.
Ideally, I'd like to talk to someone just to find out what the options are.
I wouldn't like to see her hauled off to the MHU or anything like that.
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