Elder Abuse
Sadie heard the commotion downstairs. It was loud enough to disturb her tenants. Sadie took her responsibility to her tenants seriously. Then there was her son who put up with the constant abuse this woman dealt out. She feared for everyoneâincluding herself.
Sadie made her way downstairs slowly, carefully. Age forced this. One stair at a time towards danger. Her heart revoltedâblood plunging through it with anticipation. She was afraid.
Sadie had already lost one tenant due to her sonâs girlfriendâs drug-addled dementia. She couldnât afford to lose another. The woman slammed doors so violently the house trembled, and she screamed her rage at empty ears. It happened so often almost nobody listened.
Sadie entered the second floor with trepidation. Each step towards the commotion in the front of the house was laced with fear. Her son was not going to stop anything. He knew of his motherâs plight and did nothing. It was up to her. Finally, she was there.
The door to the front room stuck. It was damaged. Fleeting thoughts of the costs to repair the damage this woman caused ran through her mind. Sadie became angry.
Sadie flung the door open and loudly told the woman:
âYou have to stop this.â
âI donât have to stop anything,â the woman screamed. âIâm thirty-two years old.â
Sadie had no idea what age had to do with common decency. Her emotions roiled inside her. This was her turfâher castle, and she would defend itâher tenantsâher son.
Sadie moved in close to the woman, giving her an angry glare.
âYou have to stop,â she said.
Split secondâthe younger woman head-butted the old woman in the noseâknocking her to the floor.
Sadie lie there, stunned at her own frailty. How rude for age to steal her ability to keep things livable and safe. The devil was not at her doorstep, she was in her house, and it appeared there was nothing Sadie could do about it.
Time slowed, and Sadie grappled her way up from the floor, blood bursting from her nose as she did so. She stood, wiping the stream coming from her nose. Her son finally sprung into action, holding the woman back.
This is elder abuseâwhen the young and stronger move in to take whatâs not theirsâwhen they hurt those unable to defend themselvesâwhen they move in for the kill.
Sadie finally resorted to the system of courts to keep the young woman away. One would think the frail would engender compassion, but this is not always so.
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Comments
Mohammed Abdul Jawad
7 years ago #13
Devesh đ Bhatt
7 years ago #12
not all the time, but yes majority are frustrated to mistreat others and many who find it hard to deal with it have enough bad experiences to hold on to and feel miserable. Sometimes they need that anchor to get back up and get over it to give strength to similar people around them. It is not just the bloodied nose, it is the entire circumstance wherein a headbutt by an angry girl becomes a representation of constant exploitation which has been going on for a while due to disrespect, negligence and mistreatment.
CityVP Manjit
7 years ago #11
Pascal Derrien
7 years ago #10
yes it is my point how this is not detected thru a solid hiring process, thourough refs and background checks
Joyce đ Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee
7 years ago #9
Gert \ud83d\udc1d Scholtz Seems I like social issues. Gets me in trouble at times.
Joyce đ Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee
7 years ago #8
Pascal Derrien This was more a story of predator and prey. It's a shame our elderly are preyed upon.
Joyce đ Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee
7 years ago #7
Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman I agree.
Joyce đ Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee
7 years ago #6
Ali Anani Thank you
Joyce đ Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee
7 years ago #5
Devesh \ud83d\udc1d Bhatt hopefully not.
Gert Scholtz
7 years ago #4
Pascal Derrien
7 years ago #3
Ali Anani
7 years ago #2
Devesh đ Bhatt
7 years ago #1