Posted on 05/01/2021 1:26:16 PM PDT by algore
The unnamed couple have dementia and Alzheimer's disease respectively. They successfully figured out the door code and walked out of the facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. They were found by a stranger about 30 minutes later and returned to the home. They were not harmed during the short excursion, which occurred on March 2.
The man later explained that he had "previously worked with Morse code in the military" and had used that experience to decipher the code to open the door leave, according to a report from the Tennessee Board For Licensing Health Care Facilities.
The facility in question, Elmcroft of Lebanon, has been fined $2,000 following the incident and has changed all the codes for its exits.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
I am glad they did not make it to walmart
Escape from Elmcatraz!
So China-Joe-Ho and Jill were sighted and found in Tennessee? That can’t be right, China-Joe-Ho is not smart enough to decipher the door code.
Part of his brain is still functional. It’s a shame that the rest of it isn’t.
Hmmmm, it would appear that the NewsWEAK reporter displays his/hers/its total lack of any real education here.
No door code extant uses Morse code.
Just what I expect from all reporting done by folks with marshmallow degrees in third grade reading and writing.
I remember that scene!
Very clever old man! This would make a good Movie of the Week, if such productions are still being made.
Absolutely brilliant. Then they did not belong there in the first place. If there was ever a test for mental issues This should override it fully. Someone’s kid said “I am too lazy to deal with it” and put them in there. It happens all the time. three of my kids are Nurses in resthomes. 60% of the folks in these units are only there because their kids do not want to cramp their own party lifestyles.
Just no respect or appreciation for elders anymore... It is a greedy selfish immoral display of society.
Grandpapillon
I heard Steve McQueen did his own stunts.
How do you know it isn’t?
read #9. And this is a fact...
Much like the tones of a landline phone...my guess.
“Hmmmm, it would appear that the NewsWEAK reporter displays his/hers/its total lack of any real education here.
No door code extant uses Morse code.”
They didn’t report that it did. Duh ...
I was going to suggest the same thing. His Morse Code experience would have sharpened his ability to discern tones.
“This would make a good Movie of the Week...”
Yes, and with Nurse Ratchet.
FReepers wishing to avoid a trip to msn land, always a good idea, can find the full article from the original source here:
https://www.newsweek.com/elderly-couple-use-morse-code-escape-assisted-living-facility-1588033
keypads emit the same tone on all keys, even on pin keys at the store for purchases. If they emit any at all. So he was obviously doing it another way. Lag between farther keys from closer keys maybe? One number key being a double tap same number?
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