The senior is a 64‑year‑old woman who lives alone in East El Paso. She is seeking assistance for her dental needs. She shared that she previously fell at work, suffering a concussion and a significant head injury that left her with no memory of the incident. After being released from the hospital, she returned home, only to experience another fall that injured her knee.
She continues to struggle with memory lapses, which she believes stem from her head trauma, ultimately leading her to apply for disability benefits because she could no longer work.
Living with unpredictable memory loss has been frightening and isolating; she often describes it as “losing pieces of herself” and trying to navigate each day, not knowing what she may forget next. She relies on a walker or a rollator, choosing whichever her body will allow, depending on how she feels that day…