[Solved]: When Mary turned 86 years old, her daughter,…

When Mary turned 86 years old, her daughter, Claire, decided it was time for her to move to a nursing home. Claire, who is recently divorced with three small children, did not have the energy or resources to take care of her mother. Mary requires constant attention because she had a tendency to wander off, leave the water running, forgets to turn off the stove, and once flooded the bathroom. Mary takes several medications for a variety of aches and pains and trying to keep the medication filled and dispensed was extra stress that Claire could not deal with. Reluctantly Mary moved into a nursing home and within a week the nursing home Administrator called Claire to inform her that her mother had fallen out of bed and broke her hip. Claire went to visit her mother in the hospital and was shocked at what she saw! Along with the broken hip, Mary had a black eye, bruises are both arms, an abrasion on her back, and her abdomen was distended. Claire immediately called the hospital social worker and demanded that the nursing home be investigated for abuse. Upon review of the injuries, the hospital social worker contacted the police and called the Elder Abuse Hotline and reported the nursing home for suspected abuse.