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I would imagine a severely diminished alzheimers patient didn't get proper food or water and didn't get necessary medication. I also imagine the poor dog dehydrated to death in the kennel. Horrible way for both to go.This story is bizarre. I wonder what happened within that week?
FWIW, and unfortunately, your guess was very accurate (but respiratory vs heart failure).My guess is that the wife, the caregiver, had a heart attack first. The one dog was crated. He, with dementia, didn't know how to call for help and fell and couldn't get up in his agitated state.
If so, very sad and horrifying.
Hopefully, this story is a wake-up call to people in similar situations to have help around the house. Given Hackman's wealth, it was reckless for the wife not to have someone in the house to help. That house is huge and there is no way she could keep it clean herself (and maybe that is why she caught a disease from rat droppings). You also wonder if there were estrangement between the stepchildren and stepmom given how long between the date of death and someone checking on them.FWIW, and unfortunately, your guess was very accurate (but respiratory vs heart failure).
My wife and I have no-kill traps for mice, so we have to be careful about handling the mice, setting them free and washing up everything afterwards.Hantavirus is an odd cause of death. Iirc, it involves exposure to rodent droppings.
My guess was MAGA.Were the mice transgender?
You’re kinder to the mice than I am. I have those little contraptions that hold small rectangular “loaves” of poison…..mice are about the only critters that can get to the poison. I have LOTS of them. Haven’t seen a mouse in my house or my parents.My wife and I have no-kill traps for mice, so we have to be careful about handling the mice, setting them free and washing up everything afterwards.
We used to have a cat, so we didn't need to set no-kill mouse traps.You’re kinder to the mice than I am. I have those little contraptions that hold small rectangular “loaves” of poison…..mice are about the only critters that can get to the poison. I have LOTS of them. Haven’t seen a mouse in my house or my parents.
Me too.Not going to lie, the way Hackman died is one of my greatest fears of how I might go out.
Sad. I can't believe that no one checked on them.I would imagine a severely diminished alzheimers patient didn't get proper food or water and didn't get necessary medication. I also imagine the poor dog dehydrated to death in the kennel. Horrible way for both to go.
There should have been a nurse there 2X+ a week. Additional care through hospice with Medicare is available. My wife's mother went into heart failure and had nurses and hospice trading off and check up and visiting daily.Hopefully, this story is a wake-up call to people in similar situations to have help around the house. Given Hackman's wealth, it was reckless for the wife not to have someone in the house to help. That house is huge and there is no way she could keep it clean herself (and maybe that is why she caught a disease from rat droppings). You also wonder if there were estrangement between the stepchildren and stepmom given how long between the date of death and someone checking on them.
Minimum. At Hackman’s wealth, I’d expect a live in. Perhaps they had some mental health issues and didn’t want anyone else in the house. But that is where you’d hope the kids could talk some sense into the stepmom.There should have been a nurse there 2X+ a week. Additional care through hospice with Medicare is available. My wife's mother went into heart failure and had nurses and hospice trading off and check up and visiting daily.
I get it but you won’t care at that point.Not going to lie, the way Hackman died is one of my greatest fears of how I might go out.
In fairness, he probably wasn't aware of anything...Not going to lie, the way Hackman died is one of my greatest fears of how I might go out.