Elderly Abusing Their Caregivers - The Untold Story

We don't know until a co-worker breaks down at work, until a divorced man suddenly finds himself running out of money for essentials, until a middle aged woman falls asleep at the wheel, until high school students drop out of school. Thousands of families are coping with problems which stem from caring for elderly parents. The parents are often from the great generation of World War II veterans, people who provided us with freedom, who gave us all of the advantages of an affluent society, parents who steadily remained at the same jobs, year after year and paid for their homes. Today he fell down the stairs, today
she was lost and discovered crying while wandering in the neighborhood. These are the heartrending but inevitable results of old age.

The flip side of the story is a problem people don't want to talk about.
"I had to move in with my mother when she had a broken leg. I couldn't drive to her house everyday after work, then go home, and return to her house the next day before work. She needed help with her hygiene at night," said a woman at a small diner over her lunch of grilled cheese." It costs so much to have someone come in that I gave up my apartment." She sat with dark circles under her eyes, "She is in her 80's. She is angry and childish, this morning she spit her breakfast in my face."

A man who said he had to move in his mothers apartment after he was injured on the job and was uninsured addresses a problem no one wants to talk about. "Working two jobs, each at under 35 hours, neither paid insurance. I had my own place and was waiting for a scholarship to college, Then the accident, I went home and Mom was there for me. She was a divorced mother and we had it a little rough at times. After recovery I was ready to move out when she began to have seizures . She has refused to let anyone else in our house. I'm there and I can't get out I'm actually on call 24 hours a day."