He doesn’t remember that he does it & it’s difficult to cancel. So far it has cost us a few thousand dollars if I don’t catch it right away. He gets very angry when confronted says he’s not. But I have stopped him before. How do I stop these calls or control his actions? He still wants his phone.
My Mom was calling all sorts of customer support numbers complaining about her appliances that she was forgetting how to operate. She'd be having service calls, getting multiple new tv remotes, calling neighbors to do tasks because I wasn't doing them fast enough, etc. She of course doesn't like the lack of her control but that's too bad -- it made everyone else's life easier in caring for her.
When your husband is unaware, lose his phone and then replace it with a different one, like the Raz.
The second thing I did was to get him a new phone number. Now, because his old phone number isn’t linked to his name, he doesn’t get phone calls from people trying to scam him. The bank told me that scammers sell their lists of vulnerable seniors to other scammers. I just notified friends and family of his new number. AT&T transferred his old contact list to his new number.
BTW - him frequently getting scammed was the first thing that made me contact his primary care doctor to see if something might be wrong. He ordered a bunch of tests and the ultimate diagnosis was Alzheimer’s. It happened during Covid so it took awhile because he met with doctors via Zoom. They were finally comfortable making the diagnosis when they were able to meet him face to face. Now that I know he has it, I understand him and the disease so much better.
Just check it out.
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