"I can't walk when I get to the edge of the railway." Why does a 97-year-old man get lost when he goes out alone?

Because people forget when they are old, many old people can't remember things at this age. I don't remember the way after going out, and I lost it when I walked. Just like the old man who got lost on the railway in Changsha, he is in good health although he is over 90 years old. When people are old, they will especially miss their family ties. As a result, he went to find his 80-year-old sister alone, walked more than half of Changsha to the railway, and then he didn't have the strength to continue walking, and was finally sent home by the police.

As we all know, with the passage of time, memory will get worse and worse, and the older people have worse memory. This is what we often call "Alzheimer's disease". But the old people don't know it themselves. They thought they could go out without telling their families where they were going. After going out, I found that I couldn't remember clearly and my physical strength was not as good as when I was young. Some of them go so far that they don't even know how to get back along the road.

Many old people go out alone for a reason. They don't want to disturb their children's work, and they don't want to give them trouble because of their own affairs, but they don't know that their "don't want to get into trouble" is the biggest trouble. Because they want to earn their own living on the basis of "not wanting to cause trouble", they seriously overestimate their current ability. Family members don't know where they are going, they can't find their way, and then they have been lost outside and can't go home.

Another point is that the economy is developing too fast now. Many places are "very different" from before, and all kinds of routes and shops have changed. But those old people only remember what they used to look like and are unfamiliar with the new changes, so they can't find their way in memory. So, when they started walking, they were full of confidence and thought they could find it. But when they really get to a certain place, they will feel very strange, don't know where to go, and finally turn around and get lost.