re: A family member with dementia and telling them they can't drive

My grandfather went missing several years ago(he passed away in 2010) for several hours because of Alzheimers.


My grandmother had taken a Greyhound bus to Texas to visit family. My grandfather was supposed to pick her up at bus station. I guess her bus was late or something and he panicked and started driving around looking for her. Family couldn't find him for several hours. Finally...a very kind Blockbuster employee had noticed an old man wandering around the store calling out my grandmother's name. He was able to get contact info from my grandfather's wallet and called family to alert them and come pick him up. This was a Blockbuster location 4 HOURS away from where the bus station was.


That was the end of my grandfather driving. I know it broke my grandmother, my mom and her sister's hearts to take away his keys.