91-year-old woman found safe after alert triggers police welfare check: ‘She’s playing video games in her bedroom’

NewsWorldAmericas91-year-old woman found safe after alert triggers police welfare check: ‘She’s playing video games in her bedroom’An elderly woman from Westlake, Ohio, gave officers a ‘good laugh’ when they went to her home to check in on herRachel Dobkin in New York Saturday 18 April 2026 05:12 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2960219","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elderly-woman-ohio-welfare-check-video-games-b2960219.html","title":"Elderly woman found playing video games after alert triggers police welfare check"}}CloseRelated: Lakewood Ranch welfare check finds woman, two children deadThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSo...