Nursing homes escapes run in my family, going back at least a generation. My grandma did it. My grandpa did it. And now we are planning my mom’s own escape.  My mom has been recovering from knee and shoulder surgery at a nursing home near my house. It was not the one I had chosen for her, but probably at least as bad as several I toured and ruled out. But, when it came time for her to be released from the hospital, the nice place I had picked for her had suddenly filled up. So, we chose another place near my house blindly. It is a dump and her room smells strongly of urine. There are old people everywhere. My mom wants out badly but they won’t let her out. They first cited some reason about Medicare as the reason my mom can’t leave, but when we reminded them that Medicare is not paying and my mom is self-paying, they changed their reason for why she is stuck there. If they don’t release her tomorrow, we are going to spring her out of there.  We did spring her out of that prison for the day today and she’s been at my house with all 5 grandkids. They surprised us by even sending her with her narcotic pain medicine that normally they make her take while they carefully ensure she is really swallowing it.  Tomorrow she’ll bust out of there for good, one way or the other!