This could be a sign of someone grabbing, pulling or actually yanking the hair out. Fractures of bones that can t be explained in which caregivers and even the elderly my avoid discussions of. Caregivers that take the elder frequently into the emergency room. Many times the need will be justified but the caregiver can use his or her concern as a cover up for abuse. Indications that the elderly person is being over medicated.
Many medications make a patient drowsy or actually fall asleep.
People in this condition make easy patients with no complaints or needs. Under medicating a person is also a type of physical abuse. It deprives them of necessary medical care while giving the life of the elderly into the caregiver s hands. Withholding the medications can be used as a death threat, a form of punishment or even a type of blackmail. You can just die, would be such a threat.