Veteran Called for Help and Gets Handcuffed
A 68‑year‑old Army veteran in Georgia called 911 because she couldn’t get out of bed, couldn’t reach her medication, couldn’t get water. She lived alone, her Parkinson’s disease had advanced to the point where basic survival was slipping out of her hands, and she used the only emergency system available to her. Over nine months she called 911 around 140 times. Instead of treating those calls as a medical crisis, the county treated them as a nuisance.
Adult Protective Services showed up once. One visit. She declined help while she was still mobile enough and was able to manage. After that, the…
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