Cell Phones

With everyone having a cell phone, I keep wondering if thats a good thing or a bad thing.  I can view it from both sides, and yes, I like my cell phone and the access it gives me!!

However, I am having issues with my mom having a cell phone.  She is in a nursing home, and her mind is ... sometimes slipping.  Today, my phone rings at 6am, and its her.  "You have to get me out of here!"  You can't leave until you're able to walk. "Its so cold."  Push the button and ring for the nurse to get you a blanket. "I did, they never come.  I tried calling Jake. Maybe I'll just have to call the police."  (While on the phone, I had her push the button, a nurse was there in 10 minutes.)

By this point I am rolling my eyes!  I don't know what to say, I don't know which words will set her off.  I remind her that its still dark, but the sun will come up soon. And then she will get breakfast, and her morning meds.  

Then comes the heartbreaking "How could you just leave me here? You're my daughter, you should be taking care of me."  I remind her that I will be there later in the day. "Yes, but then you just leave, you should be staying with me."   

What's the right line to draw?  I didn't answer the phone the first time she called. It took a couple minutes before she called again, maybe she really did call Jake.

So, should she have her phone so she can call any time and heap on the guilt? Or worse, call the police and be a disruption? 

Most of the time, I'm all for cell phones!!