Hospital staff took dementia patient to wrong home Ms Taylor's son, Fred, only discovered the mistake when he made inquiries with staff at Homerton Hospital in Hackney. Suspecting they had taken his mother to her former address, he called an ex-neighbour who checked the home and discovered she was lying in bed wearing the nightdress she had been discharged in. Now Homerton Hospital has launched an inquiry into the blunder. Mr Taylor said yesterday: "The events were awful. If I had been on holiday, or worse, my mother - who is suffering from Alzheimer's - may well not be here today. She could have been anywhere on the planet and would not have been aware. She is so reliant on other people - even for doing her shoes up. Hospital spokesman Mark Purcell said: "We take the safety of our patients very seriously and have immediately launched in investigation into how this incident occurred. We are in contact with Mrs Taylor's family. Once the investigation is completed, we shall be providing them with further details of why Mrs Taylor was taken to her former address.