What is Elder Abuse?

"A single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person"
- http://www.elderabuse.org.uk/abuse.html

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

One of Millions Continued Part 1

During a period of almost two years, after Pushpa had knee surgery, her life consisted of spending months at a time going from hospital to residential care homes.She would make a complete recovery and be sent home. In a matter of only weeks at home, her condition would deteriorate to the point that she would have to be hospitalized again. From the hospital she would once again be placed back in a residential care home. Pushpa would recover and would be sent back to her home again, only to rapidly deteriorate again and the cycle continued.

What was causing Pushpa to become so ill at home? Was it neglect or something worse?



To be continued...

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