The family of a 69-year-old Alzheimer's patient who has been in jail for more than a month says he belongs in a care home, not behind lock and key.

Joe McLeod, 69, was arrested on Sept. 2 for assault after he became confused and pushed his wife, who he didn't recognize at the time, said his family.

His wife said she does not intend to pursue charges because she believes it was the disease that led to the attack, which saw her hit in the chest with a picture frame she was clutching in an effort to explain to her enraged husband who she was.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said Wednesday it was arranging to have McLeod assessed for Alzheimer's next week, which could lead to placement in a personal care home.

His case is unusual because he was not enrolled in the provincial home care program that offers support to people with Alzheimer's and other long-term conditions, the authority's chief operating officer, Real Cloutier, said.

The family of a woman who killed herself and her disabled daughter after years of abuse from a teenage gang is suing the police and local authorities.

Fiona Pilkington, 38, torched her Austin Maestro car at a lay-by near her home in Barwell, Leicestershire, while she and 18-year-old Francecca Hardwick sat inside.

Their deaths, in October 2007, followed 10 years of torment at the hands of yobs who taunted them and pelted their property with stones, eggs and flour.

Leicestershire Police, the county council and Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, confirmed that a legal case is being brought against them.

The home of single mother Ms Pilkington was repeatedly targeted by groups of up to 16 youngsters, with stones, eggs and flour thrown at the house.

Police were contacted 33 times in 10 years but the family only received eight visits from officers, an inquest last year heard.

 

In 2006, author Elizabeth Gilbert chronicled her rocky divorce and subsequent journey around the world in the wildly popular memoir Eat, Pray, Love.  Oprah Winfrey had the author appear on her show twice and has called the book "a modern woman's Bible."

Now, after spending three years researching the institution of marriage — and scrapping her first, 500-page draft — Gilbert has published Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.

In her new book, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage," Gilbert has a new message: women need to adjust their romantic expectations.

She writes that she refuses to burden her husband with the challenge of "completing her."

 

The family of the missing Utah mother has launched a public relations blitz on social networking sites with the hopes someone has additional clues after nearly a month with no word from Susan Powell.

The family is posting new videos and pictures on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, hoping to add to the dozens of new leads West Valley City police say they've been getting each day. As of this morning, the Facebook page dedicated to the search for Susan Powell had more than 14,200 members.

Susan Powell was last seen in her home in West Valley City, Utah on Sunday, December 6th, 2009.  The family has posted an $11,000 reward.

  

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