82yr old mother with dementia falls and breaks leg



In the hospital, rolled away beyond visit boundaries

Now transferred to rehab further away from loved ones

Imagine being lost and taken deeper in the woods

Seeing many faces of people, none of which you know

At times feeling afraid and not even knowing yourself

No family to hug or remind you who you are 

Unfamiliar pictures hang on the walls around the room

Knowing you have to go to the bathroom but not remembering to ask

Sitting incontinent until someone comes to change you

Not knowing two weeks ago you were walking to the bathroom

You would not dear be incontinent and not clean yourself immediately

Deep inside you miss something or someone but can’t pinpoint it

The Facetime opportunity you finally see the loved one you missed

Your eyes brighten like the sunlight and you instantly remember your loved one

Almost as soon as Facetime ended you descend into increased confusion

Technology is not understood by a person with dementia; it’s almost a mean tease.