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A Redlands, CA man was sentenced to 19 years in state prison in a plea bargain after pleading guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter and elder abuse. Both charges received sentence enhancements. The incident was originally charged as a murder case before the prosecution reached a plea agreement with the defense regarding the sentence. The incident originally occurred in 2007 when the now 37-year-old man severely beat the 71-year-old employer in a bedroom at the elderly man’s home.

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An elderly Alzheimer’s sufferer was the victim of a beating at the hands of the man who was employed as his caretaker. Police reportedly found the caretaker after showing up at the victim’s condominium complex for two unrelated incident reports. A witness identified the caretaker for the 78-year-old victim. When police contacted the victim’s family, the elderly man was found with signs of assault and police found evidence of a struggle in the home.

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The family of a West Virginia woman was awarded $91.5 million in damages following a two-week long court trial over negligence of an elderly woman. The 87-year-old woman was staying at a West Virginia nursing home for three weeks before she died. A jury found that workers from the nursing home neglected to feed or care for the elderly woman’s health, which directly resulted in her death. The woman’s death came as a result of dehydration.

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Taking care of your elderly loved one can be a challenge and can often push many people to their breaking point. In some cases the people who are closest to you can be the ones to cause you an injury or put you in danger.

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We rely on the buildings we live in to be safe and well taken care of, especially if we are not owners of the property.  A 73-year-old man was removed from the debris of his home and suffered only cuts and bruises after the balcony of his apartment collapsed in San Diego, CA.

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A woman and her boyfriend pleaded guilty to charges of abduction and face sentencing at the end of this month after they were accused of locking the woman’s mother in an attic. The couple reportedly abducted the 59-year-old woman inside her own attic one year ago during a heat emergency in Ohio. Temperatures in the city of Cincinnati reached the 90s when the woman was trapped in the attic.

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In Murrieta, CA a 36 year-old-woman who broke into her elderly grandmother’s home and beat her with a cane is being sentenced this month. The granddaughter pleaded guilty in February to burglary and elder abuse of her 94-year-old grandmother.

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In Canada a hotline is being introduced to help enforce better hospital care for elderly individuals.  Many elderly individuals are released prematurely from hospitals and are denied the vital care services they desperately need.  This type of rush to get the elderly out can make the health ailments they suffer from worse or neglected. 

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