Dementia sufferer's 14,000km odyssey to Kiwi daughterSTEVE DYKES "It was such a surprise, such a shock, I'm still trying to unravel what happened [with my father]", Deborah Pead said. Deborah Pead was left frantic after an early morning phone call from New York saying her elderly father was missing. 78-year-old Derek Pead had become a self-imposed recluse who had developed early stage dementia and was living in New York. Auckland public relations guru Deborah Pead had not heard from him in eight years. "I think a lot of people are dealing with parents and elderly people with dementia - a lot of people connected with the story".

Source: Stuff February 12, 2018 22:18 UTC