Always excitement in the Geronotoly ward

I was in the weekly hospital ward meeting in which all the doctors and at least one person from each health profession is represented to discuss the status of each patient. We got to this one patient and one of the nurses spoke about how he asks everyday where the doors are and tells everyone that he wants to escape. The patient has some memory problem and dementia.

There soon after, another nurse interrupts the meeting and reports that that same patient have been missing for the past hour and the police have been called. We now had a missing patient on our hands. The doctor and nurse's reply? "How far can he possibly go, he's wearing a red shirt and he'll be alright, he was a hunter and use to surviving in the wild"...Not even a hint of concern.

An hour later, when it was time for me to leave for the day the patient was still missing. The next day I was told that the patient actually convinced a complete stranger that he forgot where he had parked his car and got that guy to drive him all over the neighbourhood for 2 hours, looking for his car. Hahaha...that's gold, gotta love the drama that comes with aged care.