Grandson defends living conditions of 'Auntie Em'
By Sam Strangeways
September 24, 2008
The grandson of alleged elder abuse victim "Auntie Em" denied yesterday that she ever ate cockroach-infested food, was forbidden from using the bathtub or was uncomfortable around her son-in-law. Patrick Hayward Junior, whose 96-year-old near-blind grandmother Wilhelmina Liburd was removed from the family home due to uninhabitable living conditions, told Magistrates' Court: "There was definitely never roaches in my grandmother's food while she was eating. Even though she has poor eyesight, I'm sure she'd know that she was eating something other than food."
The Royal Gazette revealed a year ago how Auntie Em was removed from the Upland Street home in late 2006 because the filthy, cluttered conditions became detrimental to her health. She is now in the Continuing Care Unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
"There has been much concern over Ms Liburd returning to her home to endure both psychological and emotional abuse and also the reoccurrence of the residence returning to an uninhabitable state after renovations," she wrote. "These concerns constitute a form of elder abuse."
The case was adjourned by Magistrate Tyrone Chin until next Tuesday.
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SOURCE: Royal Gazette - Hamilton,Bermuda
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