there is a man that i live with in a care
home which has autism, also may have some
other mental illness. Last week he got
into a fight because he couldnt get his
own way and he ended up throwing a member
of staff across the room, which resulted
in him cracking a rib and breaking his
wrist. also destroying quite a few
household objects, smashing a chair into
the table and nearly throwing the chair at
me. the staffed tryied talking him down
but he was just growling and his
expression was very blank.
he then ran upstairs got his coat, ran
back down stairs and he ran out side and
jumped over the fence onto the streets,
with no staff intervention to restrain
him, the police was not called and he has
not been taken to a doctor. he then was
confronted a week after at the dinner
table and told what had happened to the
member of staff which he threw, he looked
down at the table and smiled and said
"have i killed him?", he then started
laughing and we then told him the member
of satff was okay but in hospital, he then
stopped laughing and said he was unwell
and had to lye down.
ive talked to the staff about it, and they
said that they have new guidlines in place
to stop it happing again. but i don't feel
safe. is there anything which should be
done? or say to somone about it. because i
think that what he has done is worng and
maybe classed as danger to him self and
the public.
So someone give me some advise, this is
not the first time its happened and its
going to happen again and again intill
someone gets killed,
im the onlyone in the house which hasnt
got a violence problem, five out of six
people, they are also above 16 stone each
so if they kicked off in my direction, i
wouldnt stand a chance!
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antigone
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Posted: 03-31-08 09:01am
You have a right to be concerned. I wish I
had some really wonderful advice for you
but all I can suggest is finding another
living arrangement. Is that possible? It
sounds as if the staff at the facility you
are in are either impotent or afraid to
address the violence of the residents
there. Are they medical staff or just care
givers with no medical training? If there
are no nurses then any medical
intervention (medications) to control the
aggressive and violent tendencies isn't
possible. I would seriously look into
other options for living. You are at risk
and this is of concern. Let us know how
things are going.
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