The following is a post I wrote for the ones that are alienated from their friends and families. I live in an assisted living facility and what I wrote I see everyday and experience it myself. I don't post to instigate people but to help others to understand that this generation is cruel and demented in their own right. Enjoy.
I wasn't going to post this but I am receiving so questions about what is going on with me. I have become so good at hiding the truth about the depression I suffer from and most do not understand it anyway. Every year at about this time of year I experience this slide into the low cycle of depression. I don't suffer from it with pain per say but my view of myself starts sliding downard as well. I get where there are days where I don't sleep then a couple days later I sleep and don't want to get up for meal time. I was sitting here pretty disappointed that the world is in the shape it is right now when a dear friend of mine contacted me and said she wanted to come see me. The state of Washingtion has mandated that if we have visitors it can only be two per day and we have to wear mask and stay 6 foot apart. The visitors have to call and make an appointment and other stuff that upsets me. We have never had one case of the Corona Virus here in the facility where I live. I month ago I went with my daughter to the hospital for surgery and we sit next to each other in the car. They tested me for the virus and all was fine. I came home to find I was quarantined for 14 more day inside my room. Okay then I felt like I was being punished for being concerned about my health. The management believes the reason we have had no cases here is because of the masks. Well, during this time I saw residents generally with masks but the staff didn't. I mean none of them. T^he manager was included in that facade. Someone complained to the manager and then it became mandatory to wear a mask anytime you go outside your room. With my memory being what it is I usually forget. Once in a while someone will ask me where my mask is but that's about it. What I am saying is this. The people here have families they haven't seen since the lockdown was emplamented just as I do. Not all of them have a computer with a wegcam to talk to their kids and grandkids like I do. Depression is at an all time high here right now and we are locked down where we need our families and we get a FIRM NO. My friend who was going to stop by to see me stayed away and I miss her greatly. If feels like so many put their elderly relatives in places like this so they don't interrupt their lives with the full time care some of us need. Then to be told by the state we are just going to accept itseems rather cruel. Specifically since we have had no cases to date here. I have always been a social kind of person so I need my friends and family for their emotional support. I am not the only one that feels this way. I see it in the eyes of my fellow residents. I do my best to give everyone a reason to smile or laugh but some don't appreciate what I offer. I am learning about the who and who nots. lol This is where I really need your support in making sure those that are feeling sad and lonely has someone to help them smile. This is not a plea for me but a plea for all the residents here and places like them. The struggle is very real and this year is the worst ever. Don't forget your elderly who are not with you. They need you more now than ever.
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