Okey dokey - last week mom, after being at the home for a year, slipped out one of the doors and ended up in a stairwell.  The home has a basement and 3 stories on top of that.  She normally is on the first floor.  The story I got was that they couldn't find her and knew I wasn't there, so they fanned out and one of the first places they looked were the stairwells.  Who knows how long she was there.  Thank God she didn't try to go down the stairs.

I asked her what happened and she seemed to remember going into the stairwell pretty clearly.  She said she just stayed there until someone came to get her.  I did ask if she was trying to go out on the porch or if she wanted to run away and she answered "run away."  She was pretty agitated the whole day according to the aides (I arrived in the afternoon). 
What I don't understand is that the door she went out has a keypad on it and I know mom is not able to use the keypad.  What I believe happened is that they never have residents even trying that door and had disabled the keypad.  It is now on again because I've seen the staff punching codes to get out that door.

Another thing is that we have now moved from pull-ups to full diapers - mom was literally going through 6 pull-ups a day and 4 pairs of pants.  Of course, when I went to Sam's Club to get the diapers, they don't carry her size in the store (XL), so I had to order them.  They should be here tomorrow and I bought some small packs to tide her over.  I thought she would be really upset about them, but she seems unfazed and even said "my new undies hold more".  It's also easier on the aides because she is not wetting through her clothes and they can be changed without having to take her pants off, unlike the pull-ups.

Next week we have her quarterly care planning meeting (30 mins where the family, head nurse, activities director, dietary director, physical therapy and social worker all meet to go over any needs mom has or issues we have with her care).  I'll probably update then!