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He has also pushed me and put his hands around my neck as if he was going to choke me a few times! But then later he will be nice again. When I confront him about it, he denies it happened. So how can I tell his Dr if he is going to deny it all?

I'm assuming you are your husband's medical PoA or HIPAA Medical Representative if you are able to give actionable information to his doctor.

First and foremost you need to protect yourself. Please do not hesitate to call 911 when he verbally threatens you and for sure if he touches you! The responders and police have seen it all, so even if he denies it you MUST call it in. The 911 call record may be important later on. You can tell the police he's been diagnosed with a type of dementia that causes violent behavior. Is your husband on any medication for his agitation/aggression? If not, this is a phone call to his doctor you need to make immediately. Maybe it's time for him to be transitioned into a facility...

You do not need to prove anything to your husband. Often people with dementia will not believe actual proof anyway because their brains won't allow it.

Do you have a relative or friend you can stay with? Do you have your legal and financial ducks in a row so that he can't drain you? I wish you success in maneuving through these coming days to protect yourself and get him appropriate care.
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You tell his doctor through the patient portal before your husbands appointments so they know exactly what is going on. Or you can hand them a note before he goes back for his appointment.
But then first and foremost you call 911 any time your husband puts his hands on you or threatens you as your safety is of utmost importance. Please don't forget that.
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You can longer live with your husband. Your safety is in danger. You need to explore other options quickly.
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I think you should leave, if at all possible.

This happened in my state last week. I've deleted the names:

The man accused of killing his wife at a nature reserve outside Baraboo and shooting at the Sauk Prairie Police Department's building suffers from dementia and believed his wife was a "creature," a criminal complaint alleges.

X Y, 80, of Prairie du Sac faces multiple charges including first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shooting of his wife, 80-year-old X X. She was found dead at Pewit's Nest State Natural Area at around 2:08 p.m. on May 8.

He also faces charges of intentionally pointing a firearm at a person, endangering safety by reckless use of a firearm, criminal damage to property, discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a building and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.

During an initial court appearance Thursday, a judge issued X Y a $1 million cash bond and ordered a competency evaluation to be completed.

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Speaking to detectives, X Y allegedly said that his wife was actually a creature who had been posing as his wife for 55 years. The complaint details conspiratorial statements made by X Y to detectives that such creatures were trying to take over the world.
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SnoopyLove May 15, 2026
How horrible. 😞 I wonder what kind of behaviors that poor woman experienced before she was murdered.
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You need to tell his doctor now. Meds may help if not its time to place him. If you have any guns in the home, get them out.

And he is going to deny it because he doesn't remember doing it.
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My cousin was a victim of murder suicide. You call 911 and request he gets a psychiatric hold in the ER. He will not get arrested but he cannot refuse a trip to the ER. Look up Baker Act. Insist to the social worker that he cannot be discharge to you because you are not safe.
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Rosered6 May 15, 2026
I'm sorry about your cousin, MACinCT. This is heartbreaking.
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Chiming in to also say ~ and agree with others - it is time for placement.

My Uncle was the nicest and kindest man I ever met, he adored his wife.
As his dementia progressed she started sleeping on the floor in front of the stairway to block him from wandering during the night. One night, he attacked her, beat her and tried to throw her down the stairs.

She found a lovely Facility (I believe it was a Nursing Home with a Memory Care Unit) where he spent the rest of his life at, and she was finally safe again.
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The doctor will believe you. Those of us who have had experiences with people who have dementia know not to believe anything they say. Their brains are broken. If doctor doesn’t believe you, he doesn’t understand dementia, and you need to switch husband to another doctor.

Your safety comes first. You don’t have to allow him to abuse you, and it makes no difference that he becomes nice again. You have to get out of there! I’m sorry and hope you can get help for him and for yourself.
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This is so frightening. You are not safe and there is nothing you can do to stop him if you continue living together. Get him moved into an appropriate memory care as soon as possible. Don’t tell him about your plans since it might trigger him. Remove knives, hammers, guns, from the home. Let your close friends and relatives know what is happening and that you are going to need their help as you figure things out to stay safe. I’m so sorry, but as has already been said, this is no longer the man you married. He is ill and he is dangerous.
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911, if he threatens or actually lays hands on you in aggressive move. He's not the man you married. Remember that. In the moment he is an aggressor attacking you. After calling 911, I would get out of the house, if possible, and wait for their arrival. Take the car keys just in case you need to get entirely out of his reach.
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