Day five: together for Trudy — the effort to bring her home
Her son, her family, her friends and her regular caregivers are joining forces to bring Trudy home. Witness statements have been gathered, legal counsel engaged.
Correction — 15 July 2026. On 10 July the family instructed a law firm. On 13 July that firm confirmed in writing that, due to firm-wide holiday absence, the instruction was not accepted; no work was carried out and no urgent hearing was requested. Where this post states that a lawyer was handling or reviewing the case, that was the firm expectation at the time, but it did not happen. The family has since been urgently arranging new legal counsel of Trudy’s own choosing.
This is a factual account of the steps being taken by Trudy’s family and her immediate circle to secure her return home. These are facts, not opinions. The reader can form their own judgement.
What her son is doing
Her son is leading the case. He has engaged specialist legal assistance in the field of the Care and Compulsion Act and formally instructed the lawyer. He is requesting an urgent hearing, so that the court also hears the family’s side. He has requested the underlying documents and is having the course of events examined by counsel. He has let his mother know that he is not giving up.
What those around her state
Neighbours, friends and regular informal caregivers who have known Trudy for years — some for decades — have, of their own accord, provided dated, signed statements. Several signed statements have now been received.
They state what they observed with their own eyes: that Trudy lived independently in her own home, was lucid and responsive, received daily support from family, home care and neighbours, and that in their judgement she posed no danger to herself or to others.
Since her admission, these people have been kept at a distance. They are providing their statements nonetheless, because the picture that led to her forced admission does not, in their account, match the woman they experienced every day.
What the family is asking
The goal is unchanged: that Trudy returns to her own home, with the care she needs and which her family is willing to arrange at its own expense, and that there is full clarity about the grounds on which, and the authority under which, this measure came about.
Trudy is 82 and turns 83 this month.
While the underlying documents have not been received in full and examined, no names are named and no conclusions are drawn. The questions remain — and they are being put through the proper legal channels.
This post will be updated as more becomes known.