The police force of Westlake, Ohio maintains a program called Are You Okay? It provides welfare checks on elderly people living alone. Every day, they call the registered person. If no one answers the phone, police go to the home for a face-to-face check of wellbeing.
A few days ago, officers went to the home of a 91-year old woman who had not answered her daily call. They feared for the worst. Instead, WABI 5 News reports, they found the woman alive and well. She had a good reason for not answering her phone: she was attempting to beat her high score on a video game.
-via Jake Lucky