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"Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar "      - Samuel Griswold  The trust of the innocent is the liar's ...

One afternoon, Pushpa's well wishing relative from out of town sat at the hospital visiting with Pushpa, along with another well wishing...

So Pushpa's amputation had been scheduled. Doctors were cautious and waited for all test results, before proceeding.  Pushpa lost her le...

 Shocking, the despicable extent some so called "human beings" will sink to .

Pushpa too can not forget being inhumanely discarded, like an old shoe.  That awful day, a few of her belongings were tossed  in a suitcase ...

"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better."    ~Author Unknown “When...

Pushpa's well wishing relatives, who resided outside of London, were anxious about Pushpa's condition, all of a sudden, an emergency...

In June of 2011, Pushpa was forced to have her leg amputated from above the knee. "The one she trusted" (TOST) repeatedly spoke a...

"When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries...

Meanwhile, “The one she trusted”(TOST) was cunningly deluding people and creating empathy; TOST made sure that TOST was seen around Pushpa i...

Why did the other family members who lived with Pushpa, besides "the one she trusted"(TOST), remain silent, ignorant, and indiffer...

“ Isolation means intentionally limiting contact between the elder and others .” - http://www.ucop.edu/agrp/docs/la_abuse.pdf During these l...

“All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction” ― Dalai...

“ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter ” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Often victims of elder abuse, no longe...

" Domestic abuse is defined as “a pattern of coercive control that one person exercises over  another.” (Schechter, 1987)  Battering ...

"I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody." -Unknown ...

“ Every half hour another elderly person in the U.S. commits Suicide . ” - Stanton O. Berg We as a society, need to begin creating awareness...

So what was it that “the one she trusted”(TOST) knew, about Pushpa’s health and future that everyone else was not aware of, including the do...

“In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a respons...

Pushpa, besides being diabetic, was taking many medications. She relied and depended on "the one she trusted"(TOST) to organize an...

So what exactly was causing Pushpa to become so ill at home? Was it neglect or something worse? In her home Pushpa was isolated in her ow...

"Elder abuse is  on the rise amongst South Asians " - Pradip Rodrigues Can-India http://canindia.com/2012/06/elder-abuse-on-the...

One is never too young to speak up, or bring attention to something they know in their gut to be wrong. Their gut feeling could s...

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 r...

This is Pushpa.  Approximately every five seconds an elderly person is abused; she is just one of them. Pushpa has lost everyt...

My name is Mita, This is my very first blog. In fact, I have never felt the need to use any form of social media before. Normally, I am a ...