My grandparents are being financially, emotionally and physically abused by a family member.
What services are available to help?
Who can I contact to stop this?
Grandparents have said it is happening but then will deny it in an attempt to not make it worse when I confront the family member.
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What state are you in?
If you google elder abuse and your state it will tell you where to report elder abuse to.
There is an elder abuse hotline you can call for advice.
Unfortunately "elder abuse" in itself is not a criminal offence.
However, if you can prove it (and if the grandparents will speak up) there are steps you can take, eg. take it to ths adult guardian or public trustee for investigation.
They can make orders through court or a tribunal that care of the grandparents be handed over to a different family member, or a government service.
If there is emotional and physical abuse, that is definitely a police matter - it falls under domestic violence laws - and you can make a report on their behalf.
It gets tricky if they won't make statements, but at least it gets the matter looked into, and may be a wake up call for the abuser.
It's absolutely worth taking it further.