Alzheimer’s Disease Leads To a White Lake, Oakland County Man Freezing To Death

In White Lake, Oakland County, an elderly man was found frozen to death.  According to the Detroit News report, the man had early onset of Alzheimer’s Disease and had wandered away from a relative’s home.

According to police, “It’s appears nothing more than an unfortunate accidental death, he was found unresponsive several hundred yards from the home. He didn’t have a coat on him and the temperature was around 19 degrees … it wouldn’t take long under those circumstances.”

There was a similar case last year of a Southfield woman with Alzheimer’s Disease who had wandered out of her nursing home and died in the snow wearing nothing more than a hospital gown.

We need to take better care of our Michigan seniors, especially those suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.

-Christopher J. Berry, Esq.
Oakland County Elder Law Lawyer