Oh bless not the best of calls then ? sorry it was a sad one. It must be so confusing to people in homes who see news about things starting to open and see carers coming and going but then can't have visitors. ?
Mum doesn't get the whole social distancing and not going out thing, sometimes she forgets about it all together and others worries she shouldn't even go in her garden. Me and carers going confuses things for her too as when she thinks no one can mix with other people we turn up. She often asks me how come I'm visiting her if we aren't allowed to visit other people and will often say that's why Our Andrea doesn't come cos if someone official tells her not to do something she won't do it she's not like you love.
I think it's a really confusing situation for anyone but for people in homes it's even more so which is such a shame.
Your mums remark about her grandchildren is sad. As we grow up I think we forget to go see our grandparents, we get busy doing other things and just don't realise it's been a long time between visits which is sad.
My mum often says she's not seen so and so for years though even when she has. I think when she's sad because she thinks I've not visited, or sometimes when she's realised her mum or my dad aren't alive now, she gets sad and then goes into a I've got nobody mode. She starts saying I've not seen our so and so for years, they never come see me, even if she has seen them and lately she's also started saying her neighbours are moving and leaving her which they're not. I think it's her brain trying to think up more reasons to be sad which is cruel.
Your back at work and saying maybe next week seems a good reason for not visiting and saying OH would pick bike up was brill too, hope they continue to work for quite a while ?
I hope the care staff took your mums mind off sad things afterwards and next call is a better one ?