Growing Old With Dignity

[Sigarms]

Had to laugh, first time in my life I "lost" my dad.

Dropped him off at the VA a second time today (I had to run a errand for work and did the exact same thing earlier today, and he was sitting where I found him no issues the first time).

The issue on the second time was the counter where my father was last seen informed me he went to the bathroom, when in fact he went to get medication in a different part of the building due to the chest congestion he was seen for, added the fact that his cell phone does not work inside the building and 4 of my calls went to voice mail.

No clue where he was at for 90 minutes. Had some people helping me try to find him, a volunteer did. Interesting feeling...

 

[ovrszd]

If I need someone to haul me to VA, I hope they don't drop me off.

 

[Sigarms]

If I need someone to haul me to VA, I hope they don't drop me off.

You assumption that my father needs me to haul him to the VA is incorrect:thumbsup:

That said, I would agree with you, that IF my father had to be driven (where he is incapable of driving himself), I probably wouldn't leave him there himself.

But thanks for sharing anyway

 

[ovrszd]

So he wasn't lost, you were.

 

[drssg]

Had to laugh, first time in my life I "lost" my dad.

Dropped him off at the VA a second time today (I had to run a errand for work and did the exact same thing earlier today, and he was sitting where I found him no issues the first time).

The issue on the second time was the counter where my father was last seen informed me he went to the bathroom, when in fact he went to get medication in a different part of the building due to the chest congestion he was seen for, added the fact that his cell phone does not work inside the building and 4 of my calls went to voice mail.

No clue where he was at for 90 minutes. Had some people helping me try to find him, a volunteer did. Interesting feeling...

From the context, I’m guessing/hoping that your father is mentally intact.

We had a local case last winter where an elderly man wandered off. There was a big search party on foot and ATVs. They eventually found him quite dead in a wooded area.

 

[Sigarms]

From the context, I’m guessing/hoping that your father is mentally intact.

He's mentally intact. He's only been living with us less than a year, and the drive to Greensboro through Winston is more traffic that he generally likes to deal with, added he normally stays in the country and goes West instead of East towards the triad area. Even when I first moved down here it took me a good 6 months figuring "new and old 40". If his appointment is in the early afternoon, he'll go by himself because if I offer to drive, he'll argue with me and want to drive himself. If it's a realy early appointment or later in the day appointment, he lets me drive him.

 

[Jstpssng]

My father left the greenhouse to go home, which was 100 yards down the road. Instead he ended up in a convenience store 40 miles away, and had to call my mother because he couldn't remember how to get home. (The store employees gave him a place to sit down, and kept an eye on him until the sherriff's department showed up.) He insisted that there was somebody with him on his trip to where he was found.

After that I tried to get my mother to get a tracking device for him, but she said that he never would wear a bracelet.

 

[Sigarms]

So he wasn't lost, you were.

No, I knew exactly where I was at in the VA. But again, thanks for sharing anyways!

 

[Complete Turf Care]

My father left the greenhouse to go home, which was 100 yards down the road. Instead he ended up in a convenience store 40 miles away, and had to call my mother because he couldn't remember how to get home. (The store employees gave him a place to sit down, and kept an eye on him until the sherriff's department showed up.) He insisted that there was somebody with him on his trip to where he was found.

After that I tried to get my mother to get a tracking device for him, but she said that he never would wear a bracelet.

There was an elderly man who worked for my cousin. He wandered off a couple of times so they put a tracking device in his vehicle. About a year and a half ago, he wandered off again. They found his car about 40 miles from home, but have not see or heard from him since. He has not been found.

 

[Doofy]

There was an elderly man who worked for my cousin. He wandered off a couple of times so they put a tracking device in his vehicle. About a year and a half ago, he wandered off again. They found his car about 40 miles from home, but have not see or heard from him since. He has not been found.

There are times that I would like to just wander away...