The FOX 13 Investigates team has identified nearly 230 cases of older adults – often with cognitive deficits, like dementia – wandering away from the assisted living centers and nursing homes entrusted with their care.
That number is likely an undercount but is based on a review of thousands of pages of federal nursing home inspection reports, police reports and call logs, Silver Alerts and news coverage since 2019.
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