By Andrew Chadwick
Yes, this appear to be the stance many politicians are taking. “Don’t you know there is an global financial crisis?”
It is as though a financial crisis just completely “wiped out” child abuse, elder abuse, and other social abhorrences.
My question is simply- Why the various countries have allowed the crisis to occur in the first place?
I may be naïve, but I believe that governments have allowed the “fat cats” to plunge our economies to the present depth of sorrows. There must be lessons learnt, and it is now up to the various governments to do more than bankroll the guilty parties.
Coming back to funding cuts to various social services, especially those that will affect the welfare of the most vulnerable in our society; children and elderly.
As this blog is about Elder Abuse, I will just comment on this issue. The plight of many elderly who had been abused is real. Their pains and trauma do not disappear according to the health of the economy.
We must not allow ourselves to be de-sensitized to the plight of the frail and needy in good times or bad.
One email from a visitor to this site, brought tears to my eyes. In that email, this man outlined how he was systematically conned out of his retirement fund, by none other than his own son. The last line of his email states:
“ I am nearing 78 years, now without any retirement funds……..I have all but lost hope.”
Let us continue to be human. Let us NOT de-humanized the frail and the needy, by forgetting them and deprive them of help and services; even in times of economic downturn.
We now read, on a daily basis, about budget cuts to a range of services. This is happening all over the world.
My Plea:
Let us speak up for the frail and vulnerable in our society. We may be the ones who would need those vital social services in the near future.
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