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Day seven: a day unreachable

On Sunday 12 July, both her son and her long-time private caregiver try to reach Trudy by telephone. No contact is established that day. Concern for her well-being is growing.

This is a factual account of Sunday 12 July 2026, the seventh day of Trudy’s involuntary stay. These are facts, not opinions. Readers can form their own judgement.

No contact

On Sunday 12 July, both her son and her long-time private caregiver — who visited Trudy several times a week for years and knows her well — tried to reach Trudy by telephone at the facility. No contact was established that day.

Illustration of an elderly woman sitting alone on the edge of a bed in a care facility in the evening, next to an unpacked suitcase; no telephone on the nightstand.
Illustration — a day without contact. An impression, not a photograph of the actual situation.

As a reminder of the context: since the admission of 6 July, Trudy’s own telephone has not been in her possession, and all her contact with the outside world runs through a single appointed contact person. The telephone call of 11 July only came about after an initial refusal.

One day later, on 13 July, a call did come about. More on that in the next post.

Growing concern

For the people around Trudy — her son and his family, her friends, her regular caregivers — a day without any sign of life from an 82-year-old woman with severe COPD, admitted against her will, is not an ordinary day.

Their concern for her well-being grows as the involuntary stay continues. It has now been a week.