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Old 20-04-2007, 13:50   #25
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Tag elderly people, says science minister

Well, Tags won't stop your loved one from getting into some pretty unsafe situations...so you might be able to find them, but that doesn't automatically mean they will be safe if the wander around.....especially if the wandering around is done after dark. My mother in law had some form of demential and was found at the Co-op in Clayton in the middle of the night..she was in her night dress, it was the middle of winter, nothing on her feet...she wanted a pint of milk....even though there was milk in her fridge. In the end for her own safety we were compelled to put her into residential care....it was heart breaking, and in her moments of lucidity she was upset that she was no longer in her own home. I don't know what the answers are, especially as the population is increasingly elderly. I just know that I would not want to be tagged.....I associate tagging with bad lads.
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