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Dr Ray
Spring 2023
Oral Practice

Article: Old Men Rock



Two Elderly men from Parson’s Nursing Home 1 on Saturday Night. When the night gaurd was making his 10 p.m. 2 , he noticed that Mr Bud’s door was open and all the lights were off. Looking inside, he 3 an empty bed. Turning on the lights, no one was to be found. This is a very 4 situation for the 5 of the nursing home because oftentimes patients go missing because they have 6 or other memory problems. As the staff were looking for Mr. Bud, they noticed that Mr. Bob was also 7 .
The staff reported the missing 1 to the police. Police dispatchers put out an 2 to all other officers to 3 for two elderly men, possibly travelling together.
Officer Caldwell had his own 4 about what might have happened. There are not a lot of things to do after 10 p.m. in Carson City. The only thing 5 was a heavy metal rock 6 in Pontree, a town about 25 km away. Officer Caldwell thought this would give him a good 7 to enjoy some of the concert for 8 . So officer Caldwell drove to the concert and went to the 9 gate. When the gate 10 asked for a 11 , the officer told him he was on police business. The attendant let him 12 .
Officer Caldwell had another great idea. 1 the age of the missing men, Caldwell took a chance that he might find them at the 2 Tent. He was 3 to the medical tent by the concert 4 .
The two men were there. They were sitting in front of an 5 coolant fan and 6 on fruit juice. Several young nurses kept 7 them to make sure they were okay. They got a lot of 8 from the young people and were having a great time.
Officer Caldwell was 1 to break up their good-time, nevertheless, it was his 2 . At first the men were 3 to leave but the officer reminded them that their 4 made a lot of people very worried about them. The men finally agreed to return to the nursing home.
One 5 media response asked, “Are these men 6 ? It’s a nursing home, not 7 . Why can’t they go out and have fun without 8 ?”
A staff from the nursing home responded, “Of course, anyone with no 1 health, emotional, or 2 issues are free to come and go. But some of our guests are really more like 3 . We have the 4 to care for and protect patients that are placed here by their legal 5 or by a 6 order.”
At any rate, Bud and Bob 7 going to the concert again next year. “Next time, we’ll plan it out and not 8 off. We will 9 everyone. We don’t want to unnecessarily worry anyone again.”

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