https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/missing-republican-congresswoman-kay-granger-81-found-living-in-dementia-care-retirement-community/news-story/e872f31ec83f45cd5b6da832534de07d

An elderly Texas member of Congress who has been seemingly missing from the Capitol for six months is now living in a retirement community that specialises in memory care — and even her family acknowledges she has exhibited possible signs of dementia.

Longtime Republican Representative Kay Granger, 81, has not cast a vote in Washington DC since July — despite the GOP’s super-slim majority in the chamber.

Questions about Ms Granger’s health caused massive uproar after The Dallas Express — which was founded by one of her political opponents — reported on Friday that she was living full-time in a memory care unit and was moved there after she was found wandering her neighbourhood.

Ms Granger did not run for re-election in November, but her disappearance is especially significant given the tiny majority Republicans hold in the House — and the massive votes that are taking place, including the government spending bill — in the waning days of her tenure.

However, her son told The Post that that claim was “a load of bulls**t” and that she moved into a condo in an independent living community because was getting bored and lonely in her Fort Worth apartment.

Three sources close to Ms Granger, including her son Brandon, her current spokesperson, and another source familiar have denied to The Post that she is living in the memory care unit. Her son was coy with The Post about whether she received care from that unit.