Elderly woman allegedly abused by caretaker
A former Richmond woman was the subject of a police report regarding her alleged abuse by a woman who was supposed to have been caring for her. In the report filed on Feb. 8, the woman's daughter, who lives in Wisconsin, alleges that the Richmond woman who was
supposed to have been caring for her fraudulently stole her social security checks and made fraudulent purchases with the victim's credit cards. The victim had been living in Wisconsin and decided to leave and return back to Richmond where she had lived before. The victim,
who had previously been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, dementia, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder, arrived in Richmond and began living with a woman she had met through the Jehovah Witness Church. The victim stayed in Richmond for approximately 18 months, during
which time her family was allowed very little interaction with her by the caregiver. The caregiver recently put the victim on a flight to Chicago and told her family she would have to pick her up there. According to the police report, the victim became unruly on the flight and had
to be restrained. Once her family had the victim back in Wisconsin they noticed that some of her prescriptions, which were dated August 2010, were still full indicating she was not getting the proper medication while living with the former caregiver. The information collected by
the Richmond police was translated to Adult Protective Services.