Elder Abuse Spreads, Stoked by the Pandemic

Definitely one of many good reasons to return to fairly normal life like before the Covid-19 pandemic!

Why SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 is a relatively harmless disease and why the cure was worse than the disease.

"Older Americans are falling victim to fraud, physical violence and neglect as family isolation and staffing shortages erode safeguards. Elder-abuse cases, which have been on the rise for years, are expected to continue climbing even after the pandemic ends due in part to the aging U.S. population and the shortage of trained and licensed caregivers. Stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures left older adults isolated and at times sheltering with abusers, either family or caregivers who used the risk of Covid-19 as a weapon—threatening to send them to a nursing home, for instance, or to cough on them if they didn’t give them money. The number of elder-fraud victims increased 55% between 2019 and 2020, the latest data available, according to an FBI report."

Elder Abuse Spreads, Stoked by the Pandemic - WSJ Older Americans are falling victim to fraud, physical violence and neglect as family isolation and staffing shortages erode safeguards