Elderly Woman Found Abandoned in Shed
According to a report in the Sun Sentinel in Florida, an 84-year-old woman was found abandoned living in a shed in the backyard of her son’s home. Her 54-year-old son was arrested and charged with elder abuse after purposely neglecting his mother and forcing her to live with no food, water, or electricity.
Documents show the woman was malnourished and in poor health. Authorities stated they found the woman severely dehydrated and she had a worm burrowing into her neck. After discovering the woman, authorities transported her to a medical facility and they are working to find a nursing home or other location where she can live and get the care she requires.
When an elderly person is physically incapable of caring for themselves, they entrust their relatives and loved ones to help them in their time of need to give them the care they require. When a person chooses instead to leave them neglected and malnourished, living in a shed; it is extremely cruel and demeaning to the elderly person. The elderly woman in this incident relied on her son’s assistance to keep her in good health and ensure that she stayed healthy. Instead, her son left her to die in a shed. There are many instances when elderly people are left in unsanitary conditions simply because their caregivers choose not to provide the care they require or are incapable of providing that care. However, rather than leave that person in conditions that are can easily harm them and leave them in poor health, they should make the effort to place them in a nursing home or assisted living center where they can get the care they need. Nobody deserves to be left to wither away in conditions that could not possibly be suitable for their well being.
