Man with late-stage dementia refuses contact with wife, Valatie NY
Medical EmergencyDeputies checked on a man with late-stage dementia at Barnwell facility following multiple calls from his wife. The man refuses to speak with his wife, and the facility is not allowing contact. The wife has been unable to reach him and has faced call disconnections from the switchboard operator.
Audio|Source: Columbia County Sheriff and Fire, Hudson Police
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Transcript:
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Room 311B for (name withheld).
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His wife has called numerous times over the last few days, unable to make contact with her husband.
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Barnwell refuses to let him speak to her apparently.
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And she's called the switchboard operator multiple times who keeps hanging up on her.
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All right.
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1718, we've been there before, he has late stages of dementia,
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and he says that he does not wish to speak to his wife,
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and she does not believe it when we tell her that.
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Location mentioned:
Church St, Valatie, NY 12184
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