Cops Called To YearOld Womans Home For Welfare Check Find Her Playing Video Games

An elderly woman has been confirmed OK after police were called to her home for a welfare check, only to find her playing video games--and trying to break a personal record.

News 5 Cleveland reports that authorities were dispatched to the woman's home on April 9 after she did not answer a call from an automated welfare-check system. This was part of the city's use of the "Confirm OK" system, whereby people can agree to get calls for welfare checks.

The woman did not answer these calls, or a call from a police dispatcher. Authorities then called the woman's daughter to confirm that her mother should have been home at the time. Police then went to the home for a wellness check and initially "became more alarmed" because the woman did not answer their knock.