Mickey Rooney Speaking Out on Elder Abuse
by HollywoodlandFrom KGET Bakersfield, CA:
Mickey Rooney has made more than 200 movies during his long career as an actor, but when the limelight faded a shadow was cast over his personal life in the form of elder abuse. He says his stepchildren Chris and Christina Aber took his identification cards and denied him basic necessities like medicine and food. He says he even suffered physical and verbal abuse.
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I'm reluctant to get on board with the ever-growing list of victimization, however from what he says his step children sound like boors.
Mickey Rooney is still alive??!!!
They should be tried and judged by a jury of their peers. And if found guilty, prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
I have little to no sympathy for those who prey on the weak.
Having volunteered in a hospital in the palliative care ward, I can attest to the appalling treatment of elderly patients. However, most of the abuse and lack of care was from the nurses, not the relatives of the patients. Most of the nurses in Toronto are either Filipino or Jamaican, with the beside manner that would shock Genghis Kahn.
it will only get worse as OBAMACARE kicks in.
Were do you THINK the "savings" is going to come from???
And by the way the "BabyBoom" generation IS going to get the first taste of OBAMACARE.
Eat UP KIDS,.. HOPE you LIKE it. YOU VOTED for HIM.
In California, residents of assisted living facilities and Conservatee's maintain their right to visit with family and friends UNLESS there is a Court Order in place restricting these visits. Yet facility after facility is willing to illegally block these visits. What is even worse is California's Department of Community Care Licensing, California's Long-term Ombudsman, Local Law Enforcement and many others incorrectly believe that the facilities, Conservator and/or designated Power of Attorney have the right to restrict visits. Enforcing these visitation rights that are illegally block is nearly impossible. In my case, I'm still not allowed to visit my 'mother-in-law' after 11-months of trying. Unfortunately, here in California speaking up isn't enough.
I always thought CA had very strict laws about abuse of the elderly. Wonder what happened?
I don't see how using clinical (or legal) terms means that something is a lie. It just means that he spoke with someone about it who used those terms, which isn't being fed them. If the terminology is better and more accurate, use it.
That said –
"Took his ID cards and denied him medicine and food," sounds terrible, but it would take an objective person looking at both sides to tell if that was a bad thing or not. Adult people who are used to managing their own affairs don't *like* it when they can't anymore, when they become dependent and when someone else ends up in charge of them.
If you abuse Mickey Rooney, you abuse one of the pillars of 20th century America. But nobody deserves to be treated like that no matter who they are.
There's a special place in hell for people who treat others poorly. I truly believe that.
The issue of elder abuse is dear to my heart. As the Co-Founder of eCareDiary.com and part of the caregiving team for my father-in-law during his process of aging in home, I know we MUST be very involved in eldercare so we can advocate for our seniors. Our elderly sometimes cannot advocate, finding a team to do so when we can't be there is vital.
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