Last in a three-part series
The growing issue of people with dementia getting lost and failing to return home — sometimes for years on end — is pushing more municipalities to support the elderly at the community level.
According to the National Police Agency, 10,322 elderly people with dementia were reported missing in 2013, up from 9,607 in 2012.
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