Asking Eric: My brother refused to leave his house. Now he’s gone without telling us.

Dear Eric: I have an older brother, “Mike,” whom my other three siblings and I are extremely worried about.

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He lives alone. He struggles with severe depression and anxieties. He voluntarily put himself in a nursing home for assistance, after several falls and having to call 911 for assistance to get off the floor.

He was very successful at losing enough weight for his first knee replacement. He completed the required PT and went home. Unfortunately, he didn’t continue to exercise at home — never stopped using a walker, gained all the weight back, then went to a different nursing home for assistance.

He had another knee replacement and now he won’t leave the house, hasn’t been to a family function for two years. He has missed three of his nephews’ weddings.

He doesn’t