When a neighbor was asked to check on 83-year-old Grandma Chuam in her home in Thailand, he hadn’t expected to find her in this cruel, deplorable condition.
Chang Neung was shocked to see Grandma Chuam chained to a doorway in her home. She had barely any space to move around, there was no food or water near her, and the chains had cut into her ankle, which was bleeding.
Grandma Chuam was chained there by her own step-sister Wimol, 65, who feared that if she left her alone without restraints, she would wander off and get lost. The octogenarian has dementia and Alzheimer’s and no children to help her, nor can the family afford healthcare. Read the full story here ▶
