Petition Make the abuse of Dementia and Alzheimer's sufferers a specific offence

Those who are sufferers are various forms of Dementia and Alzheimers are very vulnerable to abuse, especially as the condition progresses. There needs to be a robust response to any such abuse. What we have now is insufficient as the offences keep happening.

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The offence needs to encompass physical, mental and psychological abuse. There should be the ultimate provision for the perpetrator to be imprisoned, depending on the level of abuse. There should be a consideration of whether there was more than one occasion or if there is more than one perpetrator involved in the carrying out of the offence.

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216 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 216 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 25 March 2016
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