"Listen, dad’s safe here.." Sadly and tragically,  that was not the case for my father.  He had Alzheimer's and was sent to the psych ward of an Ottawa hospital for  "72 hour" observation period that turned into months when long term care was not available.  Incredibly he was kept in that ward instead of being transferred to a geriatric ward.  The doctors and nurses in the psych ward are not prepared to look after physical /medical needs and they let a blister on his foot deteriorate into a horrible infection.  He died from sepsis and not one doctor told me-just that his disease worsened.  I found out from the death certificate at the funeral home.