Hello my mum has dementia and also did the same I ended replacing it with a induction hob my mum can not get to understand its use and disnt bother any more.
If you look under the cooker hob follow the gas pipe there should be a turn off pipe this will make the hob out of action alert the staff about what you have done making it safer for you all
Dementia Support Line
Keith brown
saysHello my mum has dementia and also did the same I ended replacing it with a induction hob my mum can not get to understand its use and disnt bother any more.
If you look under the cooker hob follow the gas pipe there should be a turn off pipe this will make the hob out of action alert the staff about what you have done making it safer for you all