Washington Post: Dozens of Assisted Living Residents Died After Wandering Away Unnoticed

This Washington Post Article on the problem of nursing home and assisted living residents wandering away from their facility is a must read. For many nursing facilities, the notion of “memory care” is little more than marketing to unsuspecting families who think mom or dad with dementia or Alzheimer’s will be receiving specialized care. Here at Southern California Nursing Home Law Group we have had several “elopement cases,” all of them resulting in fatalities.