Son demands answers after father with dementia released from Jesup nursing home, found in North Carolina

JESUP, Ga. (WTOC) – An 82-year-old Glynn County man with dementia was found two states away in North Carolina after his nursing home released him to distant relatives without his medical power of attorney’s consent, according to his son.

James Elledge was supposed to be in the care of a Harborview Health Systems facility in Jesup, Georgia. Instead, he was located Thursday morning by the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina and taken to a local hospital for evaluation…

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