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Disoriented senior returned to grateful family By Michelle Janzen Tuesday, May 3, started out like any other day for Ashley Cameron as she headed to work for the day at the Masonville Chip Truck, but it turned out to be anything but normal. Upon arrival at work at approximately 10 a.m., Ms. Cameron saw an elderly man sitting in his car, so she went over to see if everything was alright. When she approached the vehicle to speak with the elderly gentleman inside, he just kept saying “No one will help me.” Ms. Cameron spoke with the man for a while to see if she could figure out who this gentleman was and why he was sitting in the parking lot. The gentleman, she found out, was 93 years old, named Alfred and was from Scarborough. He went on to tell Ms. Cameron “My wife isn't at home and I don't like her cat, so I was just going to the store to buy some cottage cheese.” With such an odd response, Ms. Cameron knew something was wrong and contacted the Dufferin OPP immediately. Dufferin OPP Constable Paul Nancekivell tells the Shelburne Free Press that two Dufferin OPP officers responded to the call and by 11.29 a.m. they had found a contact number for Alfred's son and left a message for him that they had found his father who was disoriented. Alfred's son called back at 12.02 p.m. and by 2 p.m. was en-route to pick up his father. It was discovered that Alfred suffers from dementia, lives on his own and that his family was not aware that he had wondered off. Two OPP officers stayed with Alfred at the Masonville Chip Truck until his son arrived to pick him up at 3.38 p.m. As Alfred spent the majority of the day with Ms. Cameron, he became very fond of her for all of her help and Ms. Cameron made him a hamburger for lunch, which the OPP officers paid for. When Alfred's son arrived to take him home, they could not thank Ms. Cameron enough for all of her help and offered her a reward, which she refused. Ms. Cameron tells the Free Press “I was just happy to help this man who was obviously lost.” Alfred's son took his father home, leaving his vehicle parked in Masonville. On Wednesday morning, Alfred and his two sons returned to take Alfred's car back to Scarborough but not after they grabbed a bite to eat and once again thank Ms. Cameron for all that she had done to ensure their father got back home safely. “I would like to go back to school to become a PSW and work with seniors, so helping this gentleman just came naturally to me,” Ms. Cameron tells us. |
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