There are laws that are supposed to protect all people from the many types of abuse that they may suffer. There are special places for abused women and children to go live in safety. There are police reports and possible persecution for those who wrong women and children. Even in the case of man versus man, there are lawsuits that can be filed. The same is not true for the elderly, unless there are visual scars that they are suffering. Adult protective services is a great thing, but they are limited to the help that they will actually provide for an abused elderly person. They will step in if the person is suffering physical harm or being starved to death, but they cannot protect an elderly person from making a mistake. You can have a man, like Jack Parkinson, who was messed up on medication and suffering with a UTI, diagnosed with dementia and various other issues, but the laws, Adult Protective Services, will not help him regain control of the property that was stolen from him.
They will tell you that it is a legal issue. They will say we are sympathetic, but you need a lawyer. They will tell you that you should …show more content…
I don’t want to give up. But the sad truth is, it will break both me and my father to fight for what is right for him. I think that it is unfair. It would have cost well over $1500 to get him declared incompetent before a judge. If I had the money, I would have done that. Now, I have to come up with more to fix things that the government should protect him from.
I HOPE that by putting my dad’s story out there, the laws will change. There has to be more people putting an effort into protecting senior citizens. They deserve it. My dad has been robbed twice in less than two years. Nothing is being done about it. He wasn’t compensated when the woman stole from his bank account and that cost him nearly a grand and so far he isn’t being compensated for the pain and suffering his own family has caused
They will tell you that it is a legal issue. They will say we are sympathetic, but you need a lawyer. They will tell you that you should …show more content…
I don’t want to give up. But the sad truth is, it will break both me and my father to fight for what is right for him. I think that it is unfair. It would have cost well over $1500 to get him declared incompetent before a judge. If I had the money, I would have done that. Now, I have to come up with more to fix things that the government should protect him from.
I HOPE that by putting my dad’s story out there, the laws will change. There has to be more people putting an effort into protecting senior citizens. They deserve it. My dad has been robbed twice in less than two years. Nothing is being done about it. He wasn’t compensated when the woman stole from his bank account and that cost him nearly a grand and so far he isn’t being compensated for the pain and suffering his own family has caused