What if you need to call your senior memory-challenged loved one whose calls are being forwarded to your cell?

Let the landline calls roll over to your cell phone and you can answer the security call over a smoke alarm. I suggest getting your husband a cell phone from Consumer Cellular; the phones are larger and they offer service plans that include an "attendant" that can place/dial calls from the user's contact list and the ability to restrict the phone to only making or answering calls from the contracts list.

You may also want to begin considering senior or adult day care programs (many provide transportation) and a GPS fall detector. I like the fall detectors with a 2 way cell call capability to a friends' list with the option of calling 911 if no one on the friends' list answers. You may not feel your husband needs the fall detector yet, but I urge you to consider getting one and making wearing it a habit before DH actually needs it.

Is it possible that your husband may be needing more supervision? Perhaps if your community has special activities, you could get him involved in those when you go out and keep him away from the computer/phones. If he has access to a computer and has freedom to sign you up for things, it could potentially cost you lots of money. It’s fairly obvious that due to your communities rules for the safety of its residents, you can’t really do much about the phones. You won’t be able to reason with him if he is suffering from dementia. He believes he is doing right. If you have friends who have dealt with this, could you ask them what they have done?