ST. LOUIS — Authorities were still searching Wednesday for one former resident of the ºüÀêÊÓƵ nursing home that closed down abruptly last month.
ºüÀêÊÓƵ police are requesting assistance locating the man, Frederick Caruthers, 61, a former resident of the Northview Village Nursing Home. Missouri State Highway Patrol issued an endangered silver advisory for Caruthers Wednesday afternoon.
Caruthers has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is without needed medication, the alert said.
Northview closed suddenly on Dec. 15, and most of its 175 residents were transferred to a dozen different facilities in the area, between that evening and the following morning.
Nursing home workers who witnessed the closure described the process as chaotic, and said many residents were confused and upset. According to the highway patrol advisory, Caruthers had walked away from Northview.
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Many of the nursing home residents’ family members were not notified, and in some cases people were transferred to facilities in different counties.
It took days for family members and resident advocates to determine where all had been transferred. Meanwhile, on Dec. 19, former Northview workers saw Caruthers standing off Kingshighway Boulevard.