Dealing with seniors who wander off. (Blair Thornley / For the Los Angeles Times)
Imagine this.
The woman, meanwhile, was still at the wheel, driving south to San Diego, then east to Tucson. Finally, she pulled over to the side of the road and asked an Arizona state trooper how to get to California. He directed her to west Interstate 10. Several hours later she was stopped near Indio by a California Highway Patrol officer, who contacted her family.
After all that wandering she was finally found about 125 miles from home.
The 86-year-old woman had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but her wrong-way journey shocked her family because until then, she had been able to function normally.
Sound familiar?
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