Lost and confused: When people with Alzheimer's go missing
by FRANCE 24In 2015, 900,000 people were living with Alzheimer's disease in France and those numbers have grown by 225,000 every year.
According to police, Alzheimer's patients make up some 15 percent of the worrying disappearances in the country.
No specific official search network exists in such cases, leaving families without answers and a long, nerve-racking wait.
FRANCE 24's Sonia Baritello, Julie Dungelhoeff, Marie Schuster and Catherine Clifford have this report. To watch, click on the video player above.