2023-11-06 08:04:15
An 88-year-old man from Taoyuan missed the taste of his hometown and went to Taiwan to eat meatballs in Zhongshi. The police contacted his family to help him return home. (provided by police)
An 88-year-old man surnamed Liao in Taoyuan hitchhiked alone to Dongshi District, Taichung City, 130 kilometers away last Friday (3rd). He was sitting there following eating at a meatball restaurant and was suspected of getting lost. The police in the jurisdiction received a report from the store and found out that the old man had been reported lost in September last year. They confirmed that his hometown was in Dongshi and later moved to Taoyuan, and immediately contacted his grandson Liao Nan. Liao Nan rushed to the Dongshi Police Station from Taoyuan. When he saw his grandpa, he felt relieved and did not forget to reassure his elders: “You like this place so much, how regarding we sell the house in Taoyuan and move back here?” and promised to take him with him during the holidays. Grandpa came to Dongshi to eat meatballs, and the old man mightn’t help but smile happily. The sincere interaction between grandparents and grandchildren was heartwarming and touching.
At regarding 5 pm on the 3rd, the Dongshi Police Station of the Dongshi Branch received a report from a Black Wheel Meatball Store in Dongshi District, saying that an old man sat in the store following eating the meatballs, without any family members accompanying him, and asked where he lived. The old man mightn’t answer either and hoped for the police’s assistance. After the police took the old man named Liao back to the police station, they found out that his hometown was in Dongshi and he had moved to Taoyuan to settle down. They quickly notified his grandson, 34-year-old Liao Nan, to come, and Liao Nan immediately came to Taichung from Taoyuan.
Liao Nan revealed that my grandpa was born in Dongshi and later moved to Taoyuan to develop and settle. In recent years, he began to suffer from dementia. He wanted to go back to his hometown in Dongshi by taking bus alone many times. Although he wore a tracker on his clothes, he was able to take the bus on his first few trips. He was stopped in front of the bus heading to Taichung, but this time it was too late, so he asked his grandpa to ride all the way to Taichung. He also went to Dongshi to eat the Dongshi meatballs that he loved and missed. Because the tracking app showed his whereregardings, he was contacted by the police station. I breathed a sigh of relief when I found out that my grandpa was temporarily housed.
The 88-year-old man drove 130 kilometers to Zhongshi, Taiwan to eat meatballs. (provided by police)
When Liao Nan saw his grandfather who had “run away from home” at the police station, he comforted the old man: “You like it here so much, why don’t we sell the house in Taoyuan and move back here?”, “Or if you want to eat meatballs, come with me? He said, “I will bring you to Dongshi to eat during the holidays.” The old man laughed happily following hearing this, and the police officers present were deeply moved when they witnessed the interaction between grandfather and grandson.
The population with dementia in Taiwan is increasing year by year, reaching 320,000 by the end of 2022, accounting for 1.37% of the total population. People are reminded that if there are elderly people in the family who suffer from dementia or have limited mobility, they should pay special attention to their dynamics and try not to let them Go out alone to avoid accidents; when family members take care of a person with dementia, they must first understand the current course of dementia and arrange resources before formulating a care plan. You can also make a bracelet or necklace for the person with dementia with the name and phone number of the family member printed on it, or It is to apply for a love bracelet from the Social Affairs Bureau, so that the police or enthusiastic people can find the family members as soon as possible and help them return home.
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