A resident with dementia was at the memory facility in Oregon for less than 24 hours before wandering off. She was found dead in the woods two days later.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A family is suing Mount Hood Senior Living and the Oregon Department of Human Services, which regulates memory care facilities, after a resident with dementia wandered away and froze to death outside a day later.
Around 9 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2023, John Hyun moved his 83-year-old mother, Ki Soon Hyun, into Mount Hood Senior Living after having cared for her for many years at home. The next morning, Ki Soon went missing, less than 24 hours after she had been admitted. She was found dead in the woods a half mile from the facility on Christmas Day.
“We cannot believe how this can happen,” John said. “We just left my mother the day before, and we had a good memory of it, and …
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