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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
My 87 year old family member being kidnapped in a Walmart in the Villages is extremely unlikely. Other Alzheimer's patients yelling "Help! Help!" or "I am being kidnapped" in Villages stores is very likely.
And in the real world, when was a Villager with Alzheimer's ever kidnapped by a stranger or even a caretaker? My guess is NEVER.
And how did the Alzheimer's patient get to Walmart in the first place? Someone had to have driven her there. Someone like a caregiver. Someone trying to do her job.
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I'm sorry, Tal. If someone is yelling that they are being kidnapped I'm going to call 911 and follow that person until either the police show up or it's determined that they are safe. In this world you just can't take the chance that there is something else going on. You are very passionate about this issue, but most of us have little or no experience in dealing with such variables as dementia patients in public. I'll always error on the side of caution.