a central cafeteria. One morning one of the residents didn't show up
for breakfast so my wife went upstairs and knocked on his door to see
if everything was OK. She could hear him through the door, and he
said that he was running late and would be down shortly so she went
back to the dining area.
room and she found him on the stairs. He was coming down the stairs
but was having a heck of time. He had a death grip on the hand rail
and seemed to have trouble getting his legs to work right. She told
him she was going to call an ambulance, but he told her no, he wasn't
in any pain and just wanted to have his breakfast.
even the first step, so they called an ambulance for him. A couple
hours later she called the hospital to see how he was doing.