I went to bed last night and she was on the couch watching TV with the remote. I woke up this morning and it is nowhere to be found, and I mean nowhere. I looked high and low. I searched upstairs and downstairs, through drawers, behind the cough and under the cough, etc. Does anyone have any clever ideas of where it might be. I'm going stir crazy and so is she.
freezer
refrigerator
flushed!
garbage disposal
her pocket
her purse
and check the couch again..reach all the way down between the cushions. (I know scary!)
Please let us know when you find it, if you find it and where it was. We should take bets.
That remote will be someplace that doesn't make any daggone sense.
So look anywhere. Even the most unlikely place. The fridge? Toilet tank?
You say in a reply below that Mom is now scared and shivering .
Maybe she has a fever and feels ill . You also said she’s hallucinating, I think .
She has something going on different enough to call EMS to take her to the ER .
Then she can be placed in MC from there .
This IS THE BEST WAY . THIS CHANGE in mom is your OPPORTUNITY . TAKE IT . Call EMS . Tell them she’s not herself . She’s hallucinating , confused , scared , shivering .
Then you refuse to take Mom home . Tell them you can not care for her . Tell the social worker . While she’s in the hospital you set up her room in MC .
When Mom gets discharged from the hospital to MC , you have her go by ambulette transport van . ( you will have to pay for the transport , but it’s the best money I ever spent ) Do not pick her up in your car or she will refuse to get out of the car when you get her to MC .
Do it . This is how my mother got into a facility. She also was acting weird, scared because she found out she was going to be placed. She went to the hospital first . Call EMS now .
Go buy yourself a new tv.
Her pocket of whatever she was wearing ?
Inside a cereal box or box of cookies, or other food? A suitcase ? Makeup bag ? Jewelry box ? Shoeboxes ?
Start looking inside boxes and containers that are in drawers , cabinets , pantry , Bathroom .
Under the couch way in the back, we keep flashlights handy.
‘The side of her recliner was a spot to always check. Once it wasn’t on the side but when we tipped the chair back it came tumbling out.
She liked to sit outside and we found it there at times.
She would say “what are you looking for?” I would say, “your tv remote”. She would offer me the phone. I would laugh. She liked to laugh too so would join me. . Fond memories.
Microwave, Washing Machine, Dishwasher.
I don't know how big Roger's Mom's place is, but I am always going around this one saying "Where IS it. This place just isn't that BIG. It can't be far!"
Would your mom of his it someplace?