Article: Don't let your elderly parents become victims

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 ...

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