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Article: Don't let your elderly parents become victims
- Article from:
- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- June 28, 2001
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Dear Ann Landers: My 93-year-old neighbor died last week. While
living to the ripe old age of 93 is quite an accomplishment, his
last years were anything but pleasant. He had been to the hospital
numerous times for fractured bones. He claimed he fell. The truth
was, he had been beaten. His home had become a haven for drug
dealers, prostitutes and career criminals.
I live in an upscale neighborhood in an affluent retirement
community. This elderly neighbor allowed a young prostitute to move
in with him. He said she was his "niece." The woman looked like a
tramp and entertained an assortment of weird characters. Several
people in the neighborhood tried talking to him, but he said
everything ...