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Related: About this forumElderly Tennessee couple escapes memory care unit by using Morse code training to crack door code
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/us-restricting-travel-from-india-over-covid-starting-may-4/507-5df44fad-5ed2-4907-b3e9-87d6a0dd0f8aWhen asked how they did it -- the husband said he had previously worked with Morse code in the military and was able to listen to the code as staff punched it in.
LEBANON, Tennessee An assisted living facility in Lebanon is being fined after a husband and wife were able to escape its memory care facility in March using military Morse code training.
According to the report filed with the Tennessee Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities, the husband has been diagnosed with dementia and the wife has Alzheimer's disease. The two have been living at Elmcroft of Lebanon since July 2019 and both have been able to remain independent in all activities with daily assistance and safety checks from staff.
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Elderly Tennessee couple escapes memory care unit by using Morse code training to crack door code (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Apr 2021
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Ocelot II
(124,297 posts)1. Wrong link?
Rhiannon12866
(232,485 posts)6. Thanks!

CentralMass
(16,092 posts)2. Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak...
enough
(13,516 posts)3. Dementia? Doesn't sound like it. Sounds like intelligence and sanity. NT
PortTack
(35,555 posts)5. Thinking the same thing! What are they doing there when their minds function at that level?!
AllaN01Bear
(24,782 posts)4. reminds me of the movie cocoon from the 1980s