Elderly Woman Dies Following Suspected Elder Abuse
A Massachusetts elderly woman has died due to injuries she suffered resulting from severe neglect. Five residents of Fall River, MA reportedly left the 80-year-old woman lying in a recliner in her own urine and feces for over a month.
The woman was taken to a medical facility in critical condition suffering a blood infection and severe bedsores. According to the report, one of the sores was deep enough to expose tendons in the woman’s body. Police found the woman passing in and out of consciousness on the recliner where her family had left her. The woman’s daughter, son-in-law and three of her grandchildren were all arrested on charges of elder abuse.
When someone suffers from elder abuse at the hands of a stranger, it is a terrible thing. When that person suffers elder abuse from their own family, it is much worse. People always think that family members are there to protect you and take care of you in your time of need. Nobody ever suspects that a family member will put them in any sort of danger. Nobody should ever be in a situation where their own family knowingly neglects them and leaves them to waste away. An elderly individual should never have to suffer the way this woman did. This case demonstrates that even family members can be extremely cruel and cold-hearted to one another.
