@Pigletpostie I was the same when they took Pauline into the hospital and when I got back to our empty house and just lost it and cried for what seemed like hours and for days I felt like a broken man. As it happened she was discharged home yesterday as part of coronavirus control but seems so subdued now and its is so sad and I think she may be missing the hospital believe it or not.
Sadly you are possibly right. There is a safety factor and bustle we cannot provide at home. Sometimes when my husband was in hospital, his eyes would dart around watching the small dramas. Same now he is in prolonged respite.