She's African-American, 5-foot-6, 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black and white housecoat and flip-flop shoes, and was carrying a gold purse. Read Chicago Breaking News for details.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Missing Person Last Seen On Malden
She's African-American, 5-foot-6, 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black and white housecoat and flip-flop shoes, and was carrying a gold purse. Read Chicago Breaking News for details.
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Poor woman.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why family members allow people with Alzheimer's to live alone, or walk about, unattended. According to the news report, she has a son who lives on the south side of Chicago. I wonder why he didn't take her in.
Anyway, I hope she makes it home safely. :-(
My feeling is that she was probably in a facility for Alzheimer's patients and got out somehow. (I have friends whose parents have AD and it happens frequently. Read EveryBlock and you'll see how often there are "missing person" reports, particularly here in Uptown where there's such a glut of group homes.)
ReplyDeleteI pray she's okay. I keep thinking of a lamb among the wolves. Very frightening situation.
Well, if she was in a facility for Alzheimer's patients, that's even worse. I hate to sound litigious, but that sounds like an easily justified, lawsuit. By the way, your analogy of a lamb among wolves, is poignantly apropos.
ReplyDeletePeople with Alzheimer's regress to their childhoods--their long-term memory is mostly intact, while short-term memory is destroyed. That leaves them as 8-year old kids, in their minds, in unfamiliar surroundings with unfamiliar people, and they usually walk off with the intention of "going home" or trying to get to a place like their school or a friend's house from childhood. And you know that 8-year kids WILL slip away when they can, whether you're watching them closely or not. CN is correct...walk-aways are common with Alzheimer's patients. I hope she is found quickly in safe condition, too, and I hope that the less-well-informed of you get a better understanding of what Alzheimer's is about and what it's like to be a caregiver for those suffering from it before you have to experience it yourself.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the alderbeast is out there looking.
ReplyDeleteBuenapk - May you never have the experience of watching a loved one become devastated with AD.
ReplyDeleteNot everything in the world is an opportunity to snark on politicians.
People with Alzheimer's do often live with family, but can often wonder off and end up at the most unusual places. My grandpa was an example. Even though he lived with family you couldn't keep an eye on a person 24 hours a day.
ReplyDeleteI recently watched a segment on "Sunday Morning" where a CBS reporter told about a former news anchor who contracted Altzheimer and had to be put in a home because her husband couldn't care for her in the right way. The former anchor couldn't remember the husband he visited (but recalled that her husband was a nice man) and she would look in the mirror when she went out and ask if "that person" is coming too. Turns out the reporter doing the story was her husband. Very sad. But even with his resources and money, he couldn't take care of her and had to put her in a facility. It happens and i wouldn't blame anyone.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to a really great audio story done by Radio Lab about just this sort of thing. Enjoy.
ReplyDeletehttp://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2010/03/23/the-bus-stop/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=${feed}&utm_campaign=Feed:+${radiolab}+(${Radiolab})