When she was 29 years old, Jacquelyn Revere received a phone call in May 2016 from a family friend while riding the New York City subway going to see a comedy show.
Revere needed to fly home to Los Angeles right away. Something was wrong with her mom.
Mom had a straight shot to and from work – one road, no turns, 15 minutes. Somehow, mom got lost for two hours before finally finding her way home. Revere immediately took a 21-day leave from her job and flew to California.
When Revere arrived, she found her grandmother, who lived with her mom and was diagnosed with dementia in 2014, also hadn’t been cared for. “It was apparent she hadn’t bathed in months,”she said.
