Is forgetfulness a disease?

By Doug Page | Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 12:43 PM

The reason she forgot to pay for three blouses and a pair of pants, the 72-year-old woman told Englewood police, was her Alzheimer’s disease.

According to the police report, Meijer’s employees watched as the woman took the blouses off a rack and put them in her purse. The employees then saw her remove the pants from another rack, remove the hanger, fold them and put them in her purse, covering her purse with her coat.

She then picked up four boxes of cereal, which she place around her purse to hide it from view. She paid for the cereal and exited the store where employees stopped her.

“I have the start of Alzheimer’s, and I forget things sometimes,” she told police. “I would have noticed the clothes when I got home, and I would have brought them back.”

Under questioning, the woman said the disease does not limit her activities — she still drives and never gets lost — nor is she taking any medication for her disease.

When asked about taking the clothes of the hangers, removing their tags, folding the clothes neatly and placing them in her purse, the woman just shrugged her shoulders, according to the report.

Meijer’s employees said they suspect the woman had taken items in the past.

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