Posted on 12/25/2017 7:28:25 PM PST by Morgana
PARMA, OH (WCMH) - Police in Ohio are looking for a missing 97-year-old man who was last seen Sunday afternoon.
According to police, around 2pm Sunday Richard Thompson told his family he would be at their home in Medina, Ohio on Christmas. He has not been seen since.
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My mother must have had lucid dementia, then.
She knew damned well her bulb was burning out.
Till you said that, I didn't realize it's been that long.
My first thought as well.
Could no one have picked him up at his home?
However, some older folks who are still ‘mostly’ independent can be VERY stubborn about changing their routine or worse, admitting that they may need help from somebody younger.
“Either I drive there myself as I have done every year since 1951, or you know what? I ain’t going at all! So which is it gonna be?”
Contact LucyT she has that information
Glad he’s okay, probably met a chick.
I just had the same thought this morning?
He is one of the most prolific Posters here on FR and not a peep.
I was going to mention this as well but got busy with the Family Christmas routine.
but his family and friends know.....too many of these incidences end up with the guy dead....
why do insurance companies continue to cover these people....they don’t give a care if they charge a 18 a couple of thousand dollars for insurance even with out any violations yet a 97 yro old with dementia?....just let him go...
Some years back an old guy was following his Son in Laguna Hills, CA.
They were on Moulton Parkway and the Son looked back and didn’t see his Father’s Cadillac.
About six hours later they found the old guy on the side of Highway 40 near Needles, CA. He was sitting in his Car that had run out of Gas. I think the right blinker was still on.
One is not required to have insurance in Ohio.
Found safe at about 10:30pm Christmas Night.
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/37138068/missing-elderly-parma-man-found-safe
When you age you lose the sense of thirst. Many elderly are walking around in a permanent state of dehydration. It thickens the blood and can cause dementia-like symptoms as circulation to the brain decreases.
Then it becomes a self perpetuating cycle of not having enough brain function to realize that just because you’re not thirsty, you can’t skip out on 50oz of fluids a day to spare yourself the Depends.
what wedid you send someone to follow them out of sight or drop a relative off for them to drive in with..oh joe’s in the area with friends....
What the hell kind of family does he have who’d let that elderly man be on his own to find his way?
In some states it’s legal to drive with diagnosed early stage dementia. And getting a license taken away from an afflicted and impaired family member who refuses to give up driving can be a difficult and painful road, and that’s if the family isn’t in denial or refuses to get involved.
Thank God. I hope someone intervenes to ensure this gentleman isn’t allowed behind the wheel again. And that if he requires additional assitance, whatever it is, he gets it.
In Ohio, it is illegal to drive any motor vehicle without insurance, and it is illegal for a vehicle owner to allow anyone else to drive his or her motor vehicle without insurance.
- Proof of insurance must be presented at traffic stops, accident scenes and vehicle inspections.
- Minimum insurance requirements are $25,000 for injury/death of one person, $50,000 for injury/death of two or more people, and $25,000 for property damage in an accident.
Real “loving family”, allowing a 97 year old man with dementia to drive alone.
Thank goodness he was found safe and sound. Maybe he was the designated driver for the 100 year olds. :)
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