"Lost and found" for senior residents
Police in Jiading District have found a solution to the problem of old people who have dementia or trouble speaking getting lost.
The have established a database of at-risk seniors to help reunite them with their family.
In cooperation with residential committees, the district’s community police officers have so far collected the personal details of 57 residents.
The register has already been used to help five residents.
One, a man in his 80s who lives in a residential complex near Qiuzhu Road and Shengzhu Road was found in a village on October 10. He was reported to the Loutang police station by villagers.
The man couldn’t articulate his name or home address, and didn't have a phone or a contact details written down.
But police found an electricity bill with his address, and using the database found that it matched the man's home address.
Police contacted the man's family and he was reunited with them the same evening.
Jiading police visited Sun and his family on Tuesday.
A police officer checks out the database of senior residents who are considered to get lost easily.
Jiading police said for the database they have taken pictures of the registered senior residents and renewed their contact information and that of their relatives.
To those like Sun who have found lost at least once, police said they will visit their families afterwards and ask residential committees to offer them more care and help to prevent them getting lost again.
