Tag Archive ‘Elder Abuse’

 

sacredhands on Jan 30th, 2008Elderly Woman Beaten to Death By Santa Trial Opens

Everyone knows the phrase “wife beater” but who ever heard of a “Santa beater” who preys on elderly women handing out religious pamphlets and then accuses her of stealing his stuff in order to justify the fact that he beat her to death?? The lady was 74-years-old for Christ’s sake. Forget Santa coming down the [...]

sacredhands on Dec 5th, 2007Doped Up Nursing Homes Residents Make For Pharmaceutical Bonanza

It’s bad enough that nursing homes stink like rotting flesh and a fair portion of the residents are simply waiting for the invisible hand of darkness to snatch them from their misery, but now comes word that while you were feeling good about dumping off your loved one there, relieved that it was no longer [...]

sacredhands on Nov 27th, 2007Last Call For Hospice Station Turns Into One Hell of a Layover Before Death

The whole concept of a hospice flirts with the idea that death normally lingers outside your door for a couple of weeks or months before breaking it down with a vengeance. Nobody said anything about it hanging around for years. The reality is that the type of patient who might end up in a hospice [...]

sacredhands on Nov 26th, 2007Anthony Marshall Indicted For Possibly Spending Brooke Astor’s Decaying Money

Anthony Marshall is 83; Brooke Astor died at 105. Let’s say for argument’s sake Anthony help himself to some of her estate for whatever reasons. Does it matter? I guess only to the next generation who might stand to inherit some of that dough. Like Anthony’s son, Phillip, who cried foul. How it all pans [...]

sacredhands on Nov 26th, 2007Caregivers Beware Security Cams Are Monitoring Your Elder Abuse

A woman’s father suffered several debilitating strokes so she hired a home caregiver to help her out with the daily living tasks required to maintain his health. The caregiver, unfortunately, found it necessary to slap, punch and intimidate the man in order to get her job done. The daughter installed a security camera and [...]

sacredhands on Nov 18th, 2007Doctor Charges Elderly Couple $320,000 For Free End of Life Health Care

There are lots of way to get screwed in the world. Some are self-inflicted out of ignorance, others are the result of greed, and more than likely some are the work of a demented mind that finds it acceptable to take advantage of another human being for their own gain. Add to the list [...]

sacredhands on Nov 3rd, 2007Elder Abuse British Blokes Ride The Slowest Taxi in South East Asia

This video is outraging the good folks in Singapore. It shows three British dudes who appear drunk taking a 67-year-old bike taxi driver for a joy ride without paying at the end. They mocked and humiliated him for the whole ride and posted the video on YouTube under the title, “The Slowest Taxi in South [...]

sacredhands on Oct 20th, 2007Ren and Stimpy Teach Grandma to Suck Eggs

The Happy Happy Joy Joy Song from Ren & Stimpy contains the line: “I don’t think you’re happy enough. That’s right, I’ll teach you to be happy. I’ll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!” There! Now you know why the youth have no respect for their elders. Grandma needs to just go suck eggs and [...]

sacredhands on Oct 19th, 2007Mona “The Hammer” Shaw Pounds Comcast

Customer service, I think we can all agree, is not what it used to be in the age before technology replaced human beings on the other end of the help line. The indeterminable wait that results from calling a customer service line produces only one result: apoplexy, which, translated from the Greek means seizure. Your [...]

sacredhands on Sep 27th, 2007Flower Vendor 74 Killed Outside His Home

It takes a special person to shoot and kill a flower vendor. Wang Thao Lee, 74, was shot down outside his home as he was getting ready to head off to the farmer’s market in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. What could the killer have possibly got from him? A couple of bucks? It just makes you ill, [...]