Missing woman - Care homes need every precaution

The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of an elderly woman from the Bray nursing home illustrates the vital importance of ensuring that every precaution be taken to protect vulnerable people, especially at this time of year because of the hard weather.

This case is a particularly poignant one, as the woman had been returned to the home after enjoying Christmas lunch with her family and within a few short hours was found to have gone missing.

Suffering from Alzheimers disease and cancer, her relatives believe that 76-year-old Maura Reynolds opened a back door and disappeared into the night.