Issue link: https://read.dmtmag.com/i/367801
Law 101
Trucking
by Jim C. Klepper - Attorney at Law
800-333-DRIVE
www.interstatetrucker.com
www.driverslegalplan.com
14 www.studentdriverplacement.com September '14
Abuse of Elderly People
I
drive over the road between 2 and
3 weeks at a time and am always
worried about my mom who is in a
nursing home. What I fear the most
is the workers there abusing her ei-
ther physically, mentally or by taking
her property or money. The last time
I went to see her she was scared and
wanting to leave. I felt really bad be-
cause I have to drive to pay for her
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and we live in a two story house with
a basement and the bathroom on the
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there anything I can do to help her
and protect her?
–Rob N., TX
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