PROTECTING VULNERABLE ADULTS
CONGRESS HAS ALREADY PASSED A LAW "OMNIBUS ADULT PROTECTION ACT", THIS LAW HAD TO BE ADOPTED OR FEDERAL FUNDS COULD BE WITHHELD.
STATES ADOPTED A VERSION OF THIS ACT GENERALLY CALLED "VULNERABLE ADULT PROTECTION ACT"
THE PROBLEM IS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW IS FRAGMENTED AND PERHAPS NOT ENFORCED.
THE MOST VALUABLE MEMBERS OF AMERICA, THE ONES WHO GAVE SO MUCH ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED. AN EXAMPLE IS A VULNERABLE ADULT IN A NURSING HOME NEGLECTED A PATIENT, HE DIED. WHEN THEY PULLED OFF HIS SOCK THE SKIN CAME OFF. ON THE OTHER FOOT IT WAS PARTLY ROTTED OFF. HE HAD HUGE ABCESSES ALL OVER HIS BODY. THIS VULNERABLE ADULT LAY IN A BED FOR MONTHS IN A NURSING HOME, EMPLOYEES PASSING BY MANY TIMES A DAY. THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM APPOINTED BY THE COURT TOOK THE MONEY AND NEVER CHECKED ON HIM. NOT ONE PERSON WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE.
WE TREAT OUR ANIMALS BETTER AND THE PENALTIES FOR ABUSING ANIMALS IS MORE SEVERE.
I BELIEVE IN HARD SANCTIONS FOR ANIMAL ABUSE, BUT SURELY AMERICA CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO INSURE OUR VULNERABLE ADULTS GET THE SAME HARD SANCTIONS.
WHERE IS AMERICA'S HUMANITY?
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