A MAN with Alzheimer's was returned safely to his home after a bus driver found him looking "very lost and disorientated."
Police said they were contacted by an "eagle-eyed" bus driver who was concerned for a man who had been sat on his bus for a number of hours.
Officers were called to Bury Interchange on Friday night where they found an 80-year-old man with Alzheimer's — a progressive disease of the brain, and the most common cause of dementia.
Greater Manchester Police's Bury South team posted on social media at about 9.15pm, thanking the bus driver for his involvement and for contacting them.
They wrote: "Thanks to an eagle-eyed bus driver who was concerned for a male that had been sat on his bus for a number of hours, we have located an 80-year-old male who is living with dementia, Alzheimer's and was very lost and disorientated at Bury Interchange.
"He has an SOS pendant which allowed his family to track his movements but unfortunately it had not been used in this instance and he had not activated it for help.
"The gent has been returned safe and well back to his home address in Blackley with his family where we will put further support in place to help him."
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