Lottie and Don on her 90th brithday.

Phase 2

She ran away on Tuesday. Actually left the by the dining room door, which leads to a walking track. She went around the end of the building and into the front parking lot, which leads to a short driveway out to the heavy congested 5 lane street.  They said they were " watching " her. 
She shuffles her feet, it would take her some time to make this trip around the building.
 She gets out of breath easily. It was 80 degrees or more. I am sure she had on long sleeves.  
She wouldn't come in for 20 minutes after they found her. They said she had a pair of pants, a hair pic and a 3 inch hunting knife on her. I was asked if I had packed the knife for her, which of course all dementia patients receive one on leaving their family home. duh...
She was determined to leave. 
She lives in an assisted living facility that obviously doesn't watch the residents like they should. They have other people with various degrees of Alzheimer's and Dementia that they shouldn't let around the end of the building as well. There should be a fence.
She was told unless she had a sitter 24/7 then she had 24 hours to get out of the home she has had for 10 months now. 
She was sure they were laughing at her.
She was sure one of the aides didn't like her, and she was sure she didn't like her back.
She was moved to a hospital on Wednesday at noon, I wasn't notified by anyone of the conditions or the ultimatums until 9:30 Wednesday evening.
She had to stay in the hospital 3 days and then she could go to rehab for 3 weeks if they found something wrong with her. 
She has nothing wrong with her except her brain doesn't work like it should.
She will not go to rehab, but to a respite room in the new facility.
She was to be placed in a new facility, found in the 24 hours by her son and daughter in law ( before they were my brother and sister in law, now they are hers.)
She is to be under lock down, wear a bracelet, be monitored, and in a unit with 12 others like herself. 
She might never see the rest of the new building, unless she is taken by me I suppose or one of the people in her unit.
I am supposed to go set up her room, but this won't happen because I am going to help my daughter buy a car this weekend nearby the new place and will not have time or energy to set up the room. 
There are no give backs, you take her, she is yours. 
I have read reports online that the new facility might be understaffed and that patients are left waiting on issues that perhaps with more help, wouldn't happen. This was not researched by either her son or daughter in law.
The afore mentioned relatives can now go on a vacation they said it is a priority to go on, since it has been planned for over a year. I on the other hand didn't have a vacation in 8 years of care in my home. 
Bon Voyage.
Her 85 year old brother is very upset that no one will be available for her orientation into a new facility and the response was too bad, he can come take care of her. He lives far away in another state and is 85 of course. 
At the end of the day, once again she is safe but her mental decline will be swifter with the changes, confusion and stress.