To lose Charles Kogan once is unfortunate. To lose him twice is careless.

As Jivrashia said last time Charles went missing and it went up on RA in May 2013 (ya’ll saw the link above right, and that that’s what the headline is referencing?), and c_c touched on this time, a GPS tracker could be useful here. Think something like Ollo Mobile’s “Safe Path” system?

housebound said :

The family is only human – maybe there was only one carer at home that day and they were totally exhausted and let their vigilance slip for only a moment. Maybe there were more, but Charles outsmarted them all at this time. Charles’ wanderings doesn’t make them careless. The whole incident probably made them frantic, with police, family, friends looking for him, and even the bus drivers are asked to keep a lookout. It’s a really horrible experience.

I’m with Masquara. Once upon a time, Charles would have been safe to wander around his village and the family (who probably would have been closely related to at least half the village) would have had most of the village to keep an eye out for him. Alas, those days disappeared from western society with mass urbanisation.

Maybe we can double up on the use of the new dog trucks and make our investment more worthwhile.

The headline is playing with Oscar Wilde:

‘To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.’

🙂

Buzz20 said :

“To lose Charles Kogan once is unfortunate. To lose him twice is careless.”

Please be a little bit more sensitive and show some compassion! Caring for a person with dementia is incredibly tough.

Oh for goodness sake! Can someone tell me how losing all sense of humour is useful when caring for someone with dementia?

Having been there myself, I must admit the title was apt and made me chuckle. I like to think my late father would have laughed at it too.

There aren’t half some professional whiners about.

The family is only human – maybe there was only one carer at home that day and they were totally exhausted and let their vigilance slip for only a moment. Maybe there were more, but Charles outsmarted them all at this time. Charles’ wanderings doesn’t make them careless. The whole incident probably made them frantic, with police, family, friends looking for him, and even the bus drivers are asked to keep a lookout. It’s a really horrible experience.

I’m with Masquara. Once upon a time, Charles would have been safe to wander around his village and the family (who probably would have been closely related to at least half the village) would have had most of the village to keep an eye out for him. Alas, those days disappeared from western society with mass urbanisation.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

IrishPete said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Him escaping from a nursing home is pure incompetence. My family went through a similar thing recently. Not enough staff and the old girl got out many times.

It didn’t say nursing home, CGN, not on either occasion. It said home.

IP

Well then that is even worse. If family cannot look after him, he needs to be in a nursing home. Where he can escape on weekends due to lack of staff and unlocked doors.

Well recovered. Far less threatening to your self-esteem than an admission you were wrong and an apology. What was it you just called Masquara?

IP

Masquara said :

Such a shame people with dementia can’t be free to roam. There was a lovely old guy with dementia in an inner north suburb a few years ago, who still lived at home. He was allowed to go out for a walk quite often, would usually get lost, and would knock on a random door and ask for help. His wife had put an identifying bracelet on his wrist, so it was easy to get him home. I helped him home several times.

Would you let a young child or beloved pet roam the streets?

Masquara said :

Such a shame people with dementia can’t be free to roam. There was a lovely old guy with dementia in an inner north suburb a few years ago, who still lived at home. He was allowed to go out for a walk quite often, would usually get lost, and would knock on a random door and ask for help. His wife had put an identifying bracelet on his wrist, so it was easy to get him home. I helped him home several times.

You are insane…

Let’s advocate for all dementia peeps to roam free. Knock on random doors, get robbed by scum or even worse get run down by cars.

Insane. Fringe. Moron.

IrishPete said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

Him escaping from a nursing home is pure incompetence. My family went through a similar thing recently. Not enough staff and the old girl got out many times.

It didn’t say nursing home, CGN, not on either occasion. It said home.

IP

Well then that is even worse. If family cannot look after him, he needs to be in a nursing home. Where he can escape on weekends due to lack of staff and unlocked doors.

Such a shame people with dementia can’t be free to roam. There was a lovely old guy with dementia in an inner north suburb a few years ago, who still lived at home. He was allowed to go out for a walk quite often, would usually get lost, and would knock on a random door and ask for help. His wife had put an identifying bracelet on his wrist, so it was easy to get him home. I helped him home several times.