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she is not closing her window in her bed room and stands out side at night with no coat on and don't understand what u are trying to tell her to put a coat on for her sake if u try to tell her she fights with u
NancyH
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Dec 4, 2011
Maybe she just needs to feel the breeze. Try setting up a fan to blow her direction at night and close the window. See if that's that problem.
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blackdog
she has a fan that is on right now in fort of the window i ask her if i could close the window she slammed the door in my face
i just notice she is getting up and down all night these last few nights and thats is worrysome u know and she is just starting to lay down more during the day could this be from her congestiver heart failure she has?
mariesmom
If this is a neighbor over whom you have no authority or control, I can't think of a better reason to call 911.
An elder being out of doors in sub-freezing weather not properly dressed is at risk of serious harm or death. Every winter we hear stories of people dying from this very thing. Having the police come out (and I know no one wants to call the police ask yourself - would you want someone to call if that was your Mom or Dad at risk or freezing to death?) Better safe than regretful.
If you were sharing the home I would see about installing window locks that prevent the window from opening, or only allow it to open partially. They are cheap and install with a screwdriver. In a pinch you can even just drive in a couple of nails to achieve the same result.
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thanks for th etip i will do it tomorrow ok thanks i will get back u on it and oh yeah she is alway
saying iam ok when she stands out sie in her bear feet to take a puff off her smoke at night so we try everything about asking her to put some shoes on but she yells at us for being to dang nosy in her welfare being
we have a 3 bed and one bath house she is under the same roof as me
Dec 5, 2011
well its going to be -8 below in UT tonight and i asked her if she wanted me to close her window but she replied no thanks so we will leave her alone its her life if she don't want to close her window so be it we are tried of fighting with her over small stuff thanks for the commits
windytown
If I was the one paying the heating bill, I sure wouldn't be happy about an open window on an eight below zero night. Is there a landlord or homeowner that should know about this? The heating bill is going to be phenomenal.
we pay for all of the bills ourselfs
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