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Older Father becoming more paranoid
Hi
This is my first post and I appreciate being able to use a service such as this. My father is 79, lives alone, and has struggled with depression for most of his life. He refuses to get any professional help even though I have asked and pleaded with him many, many times. He has always been very untrusting of other people, has a short fuse and in the past has been very aggressive both physically and verbally. He refuses to use his credit cards anymore because he will get hacked. He refuses to use phone banking because he will get hacked. He refuses to use email or do anything online because he will get hacked. He refuses to access MyAged Care because they will 'hack' and use all his information. Information that Medicare and Centrelink already has...makes no sense. He refuses to get certain medical procedures done because he doesn't trust Doctors. He refuses to talk on the phone or text me certain information because someone might be listening or reading the texts...so we have to meet face to face to discuss things. He now thinks his phone screen froze because he couldn't answer some calls for a few hours and someone was annoyed about that so they hacked his phone and froze it. He also gets very angry and aggressive if I try and help him with things but don't do it exactly the way he wants. He became very aggressive when I suggested he get a Telecross call during lockdown and berated me about how he wasn't disabled or useless. He eventually did arrange to get a daily call, as he does have a chronic lung and heart condition, through St Johns because the Red Cross, in his words...were useless when they called. He is aware I have a chronic health condition, I am on the DSP, which means I must lead a low stress lifestyle. However when I ask him to ask other people for help, not just me, he refuses because he doesn't want to, his words...go crawling on his hand and knees sucking up to other people for help, this includes my siblings. I would appreciate any feedback or advice. Thanks.
