A 91-year-old Ohio woman prompted a police welfare check after missing multiple calls from family members and authorities, only for officers to discover she was safe at home, deeply focused on beating her high score in a video game.
It happened in Westlake, Ohio, where the woman participates in the city’s “Are You Okay?” wellness program, a daily check-in service for the disabled and elderly. According to Westlake police, the woman failed to answer her scheduled automated check-in call, triggering concern among dispatchers. When follow-up calls from emergency personnel and her daughter also went unanswered, officers were sent to her home for a welfare check.
