Dozens of assisted-living residents died after wandering away unnoticed

The alarms went off at 9:34 p.m. inside Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing, an assisted-living facility near Des Moines catering to people with dementia. A resident had wandered through an exit door, a routine event in America’s growing senior assisted-living industry. Automated texts pinged…#courtyardestates #hawthornecrossing #desmoines #ipadsoftwo #ipads #lynnestewart #kaylynnevanrooy #josephmatthews #northcarolina #jacktribble

Source: Reuters: Health - December 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news