UPDATE: The man was found safe and has been returned to the facility.
WALNUT CREEK (KRON) — Walnut Creek police are searching for a missing elderly man with dementia on Wednesday night.
Police said Yang Chang walked away from his care facility in Walnut Creek at around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Chang has memory issues but is otherwise healthy, police said.
Change has a history of walking away from care homes in the last year, according to police. He was relocated from a care facility in Oakland less than a week ago.
Police believe he may have tried to travel back to the Oakland area.
He was found walking around Oakland and Berkeley in previous incidents, police said.