I thought he was going to set our house on fire

Abstract

Recently the wife of an octogenarian suffering from dementia brought her husband to the emergency department stating, “I can't take care of him anymore. He is becoming more aggressive. I thought he was going to set our house on fire last night”. She recounted finding her husband in the kitchen at the range turning the dials.

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