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Another neighbour who has met the woman's sister has said the son is very much in denial about the whole thing. Which is very sad and extremely difficult. To be honest, I really don't want to be bothering him while he is off at university but at the same time I don't want to overstep. I've contacted him before to ask if it's ok for me to do certain things (general tidy up, dealing with the keys etc on the occasions she has went out and left her door wide open), at first he was thankful but now he seems like he doesn't want us involved. I can completely appreciate that, but we are all just so concerned.

Another issue is that he was extremely aggressive towards his mum when he lived here, we used to hear really loud screaming rows over nothing (so loud we could hear the topic of the row - things like ordering the wrong food from the takeaway). More than once the police were called because the flat above were so concerned. I imagine he is having a hard time dealing with this and none of us want to put this on him. Now we have the sisters details I think a neighbour has been speaking to her, but she doesn't live nearby and I think it's difficult to get here.

I really would like some support for the son also, as he seems to not want to talk about it or even admit there is an issue I think he might benefit from someone to help him through it. Hopefully the charities will help.


For clarity, we actually didn't know she had Huntingtons disease initially, it was thought she may have had a stroke at some stage. It was the sister who informed one of the other neighbours when she met her in the stairway. We haven't expressed to the son we know this as the sister made it quite clear he doesn't talk about it.