My dear, caring son & wife have just presented me with a cell phone. Aw, man! I know it makes them feel better to know that I have one, but - do I have to? Yick.
Not being one for all these newer technical gadgets they come out with every other month. I can understand why your not really into it, no you don't have to do anything. They love you and want you to be safe.
My Mother has Dementia & heart disease. It's getting worse by the month now. She knows her name, some people, but they have to be in her immediate daily knowing range for her to remember them. That excludes me.
What I found out yesterday was disturbing. My Mother announced that she was going for a walk. My sister said ok. Her usual walk is just up to the corner and back home. She's 82. When she wasn't back in 20 minutes my sister went looking for her. Couldn't find her. She walked 6 blocks and still no sign of Mom.
She came back home, was going to call the police to help find her and met up with her son who was just getting off work. Told him to go look for Grandma. I looked here. You go this way. My Mother had managed to walk through 3 busy intersections, multi lane I might add.
My Nephew found her in an out of the way alley talking with 2 older people. They were trying to help her. She knew her name, but didn't know her address. What she told them was an addy that she hasn't lived at since Dad died. Thankfully she told that man that my Nephew was her grandson, so he didn't get beat up. Thankfully. I appreciated the fact that they weren't going to let her leave with anyone until they had actual proof that she would be ok.
If my Mother had a cell phone that has GPS tracking Mom would have been found sooner, It was dark & cold outside outside by the time she was found. She was just in her own world, acting as though nothing was wrong.
She was 2 miles from home!
I'm going to get her one. Have my sister slip it into her purse, should she go for another stroll make sure it's on.
My sister absolutely refuses to look into a home for Mom.
I can understand that. But for safety's sake I think it would be the best thing. My Mother could have forgotten how to cross a street. God forbid hit by a car. Then it's not just about Mom and us, it's what about the driver? They have to live with it to. Losing one family member this year has been more then enough for me.
Munky.