I care for my aunt and have been for 2 years now. I moved in with her and her husband cause none of her kids wanted to care for her. I promised my mom that I would before she passed. She is a fall risk and has had few strokes and many many TIAs. She has gotten so mean and she still in her right mind but the other day she busted in my room and had a hugh knife and tried to stab me. And she has told ppl I have been elderly abusing her. And has called adult protective services and the law. She is trying to have me evicted. Just evil. She even told me that she would kill me in my sleep that I better not go to sleep. I haven't come out of my room in 4 days cause when I do she's all in my face trying g to start something. She drinks alot and everyday. What do I do.
DO NOT stay there any longer. You can email/notify her kids that you are no longer there. Best of luck to you.
Sorry for being facetious but, running away from your demented aunt would be all I could even think of.
Knife? Threats? Okay, it’s time to get the hell out of there! At this point, it’s called survival and she can fend for herself.
I don't think the promise you made to your mother covers staying with a psychotic aunt who may indeed kill you.
As to promises made to mom, I doubt she would expect you to stay to be slain in your sleep, do you?
Give your Aunt a two week notice that you are leaving and then do so before you are evicted.
Being threatened with a knife would speed up my decision to get a move on!
I have had a gun pointed to my heart and I have never forgotten the feeling. It’s terrifying to be threatened.
Your aunt obviously is showing signs of dementia and not surprising after all those strokes and TIA's. She now needs more help than you can provide and for your own safety's sake you must leave her home, and let her children/husband worry about her care.
Surely you don't want to continue living there right?
i'm sure you're aware, you need to protect your safety...find a way to be financially independent...leave.
My question to you is: what is your definition of "right mind"?
People in their Right Minds don't threaten others with huge knives or to kill loved ones while they sleep.
Add lots of booze into the Loss of Right Mind scenario and, there you have it. Chaos and bedlam with a bit of insanity thrown in. Or dementia, or the aftermath of strokes and lots and lots of TIAs.
But you already know that, you'd have to.
Good luck to you.
LEAVE!!!
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