Elderly Woman Dies Due to Extreme Case of Elder Neglect and Abuse
An 89-year-old woman died as a result of extreme elder neglect and abuse as the elderly woman was left lying in her bed covered in her own feces and rotting flesh. The woman’s daughter and her daughter’s son were on trial accused of causing her death.
Paramedics found the elderly woman whose skin was sticking to the mattress as the paramedics attempted to remove her from the bed. Paramedics said the elderly woman was arguing and trying to fight them as they tried to roll her onto a gurney.
The woman was found with wounds covering her entire body and paramedics testified in a trial that her skin began to peel away in pieces as they moved her. Doctors stated her condition was extremely poor when she arrived at a medical facility. The doctors that treated the elderly woman also found an ulcer on the woman’s back that caused the skin to rot down to the spine. The woman subsequently died in April as a result of her poor health. The woman and her son were charged with elder abuse in connection with this incident.
The details of this incident of elder abuse are extremely gruesome and should never happen to any person, elderly or otherwise. Nobody deserves to be left lying in their bed to die, especially in such a horrible manner. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of cases similar to this where the victims are left to die and their health begins to deteriorate at a drastic pace. The woman in this incident could have survived if paramedics had found her months earlier before the neglect and abuse had taken a toll on her.
Paramedics stated she was found in an altered state of mind, trying to fight the paramedics’ efforts at saving her life. The doctors that testified against the two caregivers stated that this was the worst case he had seen in 11 years. Just like many incidents of elder abuse, the end result could have been avoided if the victims had received the care they desperately needed in time. Fortunately the elderly woman will get justice for the pain and suffering she was put through before her death, although she will not get to witness this justice served on her behalf.
