A disabled woman, sent to that hospital after being beaten by her son, has died. Her death was not due to the physical wounds she received from her son, who was her primary caregiver.
Her son is 11 years old.
As tragic as the woman's death is, I wonder why it was acceptable for an 11-year old to be the primary caregiver to a disabled adult. To be responsible for meals and laundry seems a heavy burden for one so young. It was wrong of him to beat her (apparently repeatedly). But if her disability was such that she could not help with cooking or cleaning, it wrong for responsible adults to put him in such a predicament.
Which begs the question: who paid the bills?
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