According to police an 85-year-old woman wandered from a personal care home earlier this month and was missing for nearly three hours before she was found a few blocks away from the facility. Staff alerted police after determining that the woman was not at the facility shortly after 1:00 a.m.
Police and volunteers came together to search for the woman with the assistance of several search and rescue dogs. The search ended within just a few hours when the woman was found unharmed by an employee of the facility. For more, read the story.
Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.
