Mom lives with us and we recently put alarms on all the doors. She can get right out, but an alarm will go off.

I agree, there is no reasoning with them, they can’t comprehend what you are telling them. I set the house alarm before I shower, I tell him the alarm is set, please don’t open the door, never fails he sets the alarm off. He usually won’t go out of the yard but when coming back in leaves the door wide open. I make sure I shower before my son leaves for work or wait til he gets home. And yes you can be charged with elder neglect if she continues to escape. One more thing to worry about. Good luck!
🙏🏻 for all caregivers 🙏🏻

This is scary...it seems too unsafe for your mom to still live alone in her house...alarms mean nothing to her but noise and she could get hit by a vehicle wandering...that's how my granddad with Alz died. Her cognition is too brain cell damaged to understand any safety measures. If emergency services, police and fire, get concerned they could report her wandering as elder neglect. Like a mom with a toddler it is up to you to make sure she is safe either living with you or in assisted living.

I have slide latches at the top of all outside doors hubby can not reach them when he tries the door I calmly tell him the door is locked

I worry about mom and dad being locked in and wouldn’t be able to get out fast enough if there was a fire.