Should I take my dad to the hospital?
I’m reposting this with a correction.
My dad is in his late 70s. He's fallen multiple times before, and he is quite combatant towards me (due to neuro cognitive decline). I guess he accidentally left the gate open this evening, which allowed the dogs to escape (don't worry, I found them). My dad didn't tell me about this happening, and instead, he went out looking for them alone. When he came back, he had a scrape right underneath his eyebrow and was bleeding quite a bit. He told me he'd tripped when looking for the dogs. I tried to help him clean it, but he wouldn't let me, and he cursed at me and said that we should just not talk to or see each other anymore. He's had these falls before, and if he can get up on his own and only tripped forward a bit, I think he's okay and may not need to go see a doctor. But I always worry. It's late, and l'm worried he'll get disoriented if I take him to the ER for a few hours (and if I'm honest, I don't want to fight him to get him there if it's unnecessary). But I don't want to hurt him. When I tried to get him not to drink, he told me it’s not a head injury because it’s his eye socket. Should I take him in?