Looking for some advice on how to best get support for demented neighbour, Perth
Me and my partner moved into a lovely flat in February this year. Since then it has become apparent there is an elderly lady with dementia who lives in the same building. Unfortunately she is becoming more distressed as the months have passed and is now wandering around in the street, and knocking on our door at all hours day and night and trying to let herself in - the recent storm last month she was outside from midnight til at least 3am knocking and crying in the pouring rain. We try to settle her and lead her home but she can become aggressive and tries to push past us in the doorway. We’ve tried contacting the police for a welfare check, spent half an hour on the phone describing events and our concerns and the next day had a text to say they wouldn’t be attending. She lives with her husband who clearly isn’t coping, when we lead her back to her own flat he barely looks up from the TV and it’s not clear if he has cognitive issues himself. Aside from the obvious nuisance we are pretty worried she’s going to get hit by a car at some point as we live quite close to the main road. Does anyone have any advice or experience in how to take this forward?