Elder Abuse & COVID-19, Omens of a Tragic Future Impacting 330-Million Globally Warns New Book

Britain's "The Lancet," estimates elder abuse and elder exploitation will be a global holocaust by 2050. Elder abuse is now classified as public health and human rights issue by international advocate groups such as National Institutes of Health, American Civil Liberty Union, World Health Organization, United Nations, etc.

New York City, N.Y. December 8, 2021 – In a frightening and compelling, true story, corruption, deception, manipulation and exploitation collide in Paradise Costs: A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse. It’s the heart-wrenching, horror story of an infirm, 80-year-old man with Alzheimer's who was taken from his family, stripped of his assets and exploited despite the pleas of his next of kin. His daughter, author of this book, Irene A. Masiello offers his startling forensic toxicology report demonstrating the presence of illegal drugs present in his hair as shocking proof that something illegal was transpiring. “My father was bedridden and on a stomach tube,” she stated, “the family had no access to him, how did this happen?”

What makes the narrative more compelling now than it was when the book was first released and then recently obligated the author to update it in spring 2021?  Masiello stated, “Many international humanitarian and health organizations are reporting issues across the planet that are horrendous due to COVID-19 numbers and its death toll. AARP Magazine’s ‘Health’ section cover story in April 2021 reported, 95 Percent of Americans Killed by COVID-19 Were 50 or Older.

 She continued, “Brace yourselves, that’s an ugly harbinger given The Lancet’s numbers and time frame. Teenagers of today will be victims by 2050 unless there is significant intervention done to improve laws and protect the elderly now. Where’s the legislation? The Elder Justice Act my book supported in 2007 was passed but fell short.”

The Lancet, the oldest and most prestigious medical journal in the world stated in 2017, elder abuse and exploitation will be “growing to 330-million victims by 2050” with “[t]he findings of [their] study strengthen[ing] the case for global action….” 

Elder abuse is now recognized as a human rights and public health issues by the United Nations, the World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, the American Civil Liberties Union, etc.  Furthermore, the abuse and exploitation of seniors and #olderadults are now understood to be systemic issues and present in many organizations including governments and their agencies, as well as public and private institutions and corporations across the world.

For the author of this book, her father, a hearing-impaired, honorably discharged, World War II veteran retired from the New York City Transit Authority, his story started innocently enough. Like scores of seniors and #olderadults seeking a lower cost of living and warmer weather, Irene’s parents relocated to a small town in Colleton County, South Carolina called Walterboro to realize his life-long dream of utopian living.

Masiello says, her father’s blissful life was shattered and ravaged by the death of his wife and by several illnesses including diabetes, deafness, Alzheimer's and depression.

 “Walterboro and Colleton County” Irene states, “is no stranger to corruption, gang rape, a nationally covered jewelry heist as well as peep holes in the walls at a major hotel chain with staff watching guests having sex. CNN reported on a national story only recently saying “no one wants to talk.” I do and I allege my dad may have been a victim of a conspiracy that succeeded given his suspicious forensic report that resulted from a lock of his hair. I want to exhume my dad’s body and get to the bottom of this but there is no cooperation from the local authorities.”

Her book tells the bone-chilling story of the last years of her dad’s life when he was "grandpa-napped" from his family by neighbors and "friends." Masiello says all she has left of her father is a frightening forensic report and a mystery: how did a bedridden, hospitalized 80-year old man taking all sustenance via a stomach tube land up with illegal drugs in his hair? Mario ingested everything via a surgically inserted stomach tube after he had a stroke in February 2001 that only his caregivers handled. No family member was allowed unsupervised visits with Mr. Masiello.

Irene Masiello states, “I’m often asked why blood work done while my father was hospitalized did not turn up the high potent Ecstasy and a cocaine metabolite found in my dad’s hair by a forensic toxicologist, the Director of the Toxicology at Ohio State’s Medical School. Apparently, hospitals are not routinely screening senior citizens for illegal drugs. Maybe in view of the recent statistics, they should be?”

Learning of this monumental uptick spelled out by international organizations just recently, Masiello, though drained, exhausted and disabled from this grueling and tragic journey and the loss of her younger brother to Vietnam vowed make others aware of the risks of an impending cataclysmic world holocaust.

She pointed out, “COVID-19’s deadly ramifications are well known now however facts are still debated. It’s as though people fiddle while Rome burns and remain in denial, have distaste for bad news and bury their heads in the sand. We’ve seen what’s happened to those hoping to escape catastrophic events by not getting vaccinated, not wanting to socially distance or wear a mask or even believe in science.”

Masiello continued, “My book was quickly reworked to get facts, danger signals, red flags, definitions and imperative information into the hands of those who need it now. We have spoken with physicians and attorneys and made #ParadiseCosts2022 a handbook on what #olderadults need to know to navigate the evolving medical and legal changes in the various systems. We’ve spoken to a practicing East Coast cardiologist about tele-health, for example. The physician advised us on how to easily improve results in this technology which may not be intrinsically well suited for all seniors. Paradise Costs contains the doctor’s professional recommendations.”

She continued, “#Paradise Costs2022 lists more that 60+ red flags behaviors in victims and perpetrators, legalities, medical jargon, how to navigate systems that can be challenging like medical insurance, etc. It’s imperative to be aware, informed and pro-active to protect yourself and your parents while keeping in mind this is a dynamic situation. It’s unlikely to get easier unless you take action. We need to empower ourselves and be our own advocate until governments take the threats more seriously and they take legislative action. Paradise Costs is more than a story, it’s an interactive a work book and instructions are included. Meanwhile, please get your vaccinations and booster, wear a mask, socially distance and wash your hands. Please also choose responsible media and do your legal homework like writing a Will, naming a healthcare proxy, etc.

Masiello stated, “My brother and myself are not observers, we’re participants and we care. He ran into a burning plane in Vietnam at 19-years old and rescued five crewmembers and he received high military honors.  At the age of only 35, he got an early grave from service related illness. That grave doesn’t belong to our family, strangers still own it and, perhaps, for a damn good reason, I suspect. My father is buried in it, too. An exhumation of my dad could prove very bad news for interlopers given the forensics. The actual forensic report is contained in the book and on the website (www.ParadiseCosts.com).”

Paradise Costs-A Victim’s Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse also contains an afterword written by the author of “Suicide-by-Cop,” the internationally known forensic and geriatric psychiatrist, Bennett Blum, MD. In 40+ pages of simplified, easy to understand definitions and explanations of medical jargon and psychiatric information, etc., Dr. Blum educates readers re: what may be the first sign that elder abuse may be taking place. It may be an imposed “isolation” of an aging family member away from friends and family members via less accessibility for visits, calls or outings.

Also, Dr. Blum’s afterword is a primer regarding normal aging vs. impaired cognition, types of dementia pointing out 20% of the dementias are treatable, what is cognitive decline, what about wandering, the stages of Alzheimer’s, diminished capacity, does your senior need a doctor, lawyer or both, descriptions and details of his well known IDEAL© and PARADISE2© acronyms, work sheets for maintaining records for establishing evidence, and, much more.

Irene Masiello urges readers of #ParadiseCosts2022 to write their political representatives; readers can do that from preformatted letters inside her book. By using a digital camera, readers can photograph and upload letters to officials email addresses and be heard. She also reminds all that elder abuse and exploitation are crimes; call 911 and Adult Protective Services.

©December 8, 2021-all rights reserved, Irene A. Masiello, Paradise Costs-A Victim’s Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse, 2006-2021 www.paradisecosts.com

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In a true story, greed, deception, exploitation and corruption collide. Paradise Costs: A Victim's
Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse by Irene A. Masiello is an all too common reality
facing America’s seniors and #olderadults. In this startling tale the author shares the suspicious
and tragic death of her dad.

Mario Masiello, a retired NYC worker thought he found “paradise” in Walterboro in Colleton County,
South Carolina like many seniors in search of warmer weather and a lower cost of living. Years later,
he became a victim of predators who swindled Mario and family out of everything including his life.
The infirm, deaf, diabetic 80-year-old diagnosed w/Alzheimer's was stripped of his assets and
exploited as his daughter protested. Despite medical records, fraudulent legal documents, a forensic
report identifying illegal drugs found in his hair, intrusive neighbors managed to claim his estate and
stay in control of a gravesite containing bodies of Irene’s parents & only sibling.

The interlopers told a NYC newspaper Mario was “a poor old man.” Irene counters with a website
containing photos displaying affluence, the forensic report from the U. of Ohio Toxicology Lab after
he was on a feeding tube for months and medical records that stated Mario was “at risk” for exploitation.

While updating this narrative to include COVID-19, Irene discovered a projected, petrifying future
for the world’s elderly foretold by several of the globe’s most prestigious groups like Dr. Fauci’s
N.I.H, the WHO, the ACLU, the UN & the world's most famous medical journal, The Lancet, predicting
330 million victims of elder abuse by 2050. With the future looking grim, Paradise Costs is a terrifying
look at tomorrow where elder abuse and exploitation have now been categorized as public health
and human rights issues.

In the afterword, an internationally known forensic psychiatrist, Bennett Blum, MD, author of “Suicide-by-Cop,” states, “No one knows
how often criminals, 'brand new best friends' or family members exploit the elderly.’ ” He includes 40-pages
clarifying medical conditions, describes dementias (some are treatable!), discusses the 7-stages of
Alzheimer’s, explains 11 conditions that may impact cognition, explains diminished capacity, shares his
dangerous acronym, "IDEAL,©" and more to educate readers. 

In 2009, Paradise Costs was included in the National Clearinghouse on Abuse & Neglect of the
Elderly (CANE), the largest .gov site in the world data-basing professional and scholarly works on
elder abuse and exploitation. (c)Copyright 2021

REVIEWS:
John Bradshaw, PBS series host: Bradshaw on the Family, NY Times best-selling author selling
more than 12-million books worldwide: "Paradise Costs is a compelling journey through the scripts
& tapes of the past into a dysfunctional family dynamic to which most can relate. More than a story
of personal tragedy & triumph, this is a call to action...to take a pro-active stance against elder abuse."

Larry Dossey, MD: international expert on prayer research, author of: The Extraordinary Healing
Power of Ordinary Things, Healing Words: the Power of Words, more. "We owe our elders everything;
they deserve our compassion, love, protection, and best of care. Irene's…voice is a clarion call to
provide them what they need—unconditionally & with gratitude."

Jacqueline Marcell: Author, Elder Rage & radio host: “Paradise Costs is a riveting wake-up call…
for anyone faced with caring for the elderly…It's a gripping true story told through the eyes of a
courageous daughter who demonstrates how ordinary circumstances can turn into extraordinary
events…leading to unthinkable crimes. Through this compelling & cautionary page-turner, Irene
encounters unforeseen issues & obstacles during her remarkable effort to save her beloved father.”©

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Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse NOW ON AMAZON! Elder abuse & exploitation out of the closet? NO!!!

8/11/21

#older #adults and COVID-19 changed the landscape of elder abuse. AARP says 95% of those who died from Covid-19 were over 65. (see cover story of the HEALTH SECTION, 4/2021) Got the picture?

There's really bad new for seniors....seniors now and in the future according to some of the largest humanitarian and health organizations in the world by the year 2050, will have 330,000,000 victims of elder abuse and exploitation.

While I was adding a bit of current information to an update of Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse I read the above and felt sick. I'll be honest, reading and working with #ParadiseCosts sickens me. It was a horrible time for my family and I am a forward thinking person.
Finding out what's new from the large groups across the world is a huge downer. I understand the planet is over crowded, I know that seniors are abused by the systems we are all guided by...everyone is...however, seniors are the most vulnerable. And, they also own much of the wealth in the country. Get the picture?

I'll also confess to having a serious issue myself getting a much needed medical test done. Because of the rules, it became an obstacle course that hindered my life tremendously. Because I have a medical office background, I managed but not without weeks....almost 2 months...of waiting for the test and, wow, I suffered in pain.

What bothers me so about this? What about those #older #adults who don't have a medical office background? That's why I am in this to begin with...my father died because greedy savages took over his life and I was helpless to help him though I valiantly tried, risking my life to no avail. They got my dad and on August 25th he will be dead 20 years.

The Elder Justice Act passed, but we have miles to go before we sleep, seniors....330 million victims by 2050 and the Elder Justice PASSED? My God! That means those people who are 15 now will be at risk by 2050. Our kids are potential victims to what we and our leaders can't or won't stop. Elder abuse is systemic like racism. We have a Facebook page up called, President Biden: SENIOR LIVES MATTER with all due respect to our Black brothers and sisters. This hate, discrimination, exploitation must be stopped.

I am sickened by the hate, greed, manipulation and exploitation. Its bad for my health, its bad for everyone's health.

Here's a version of a press release that will be issues shortly and when its issued the very latest version of Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse will be available at Amazon. We had to add a few tid-bits, sickening information, but necessary information:

Press Release

Release of Book Warns of Increasing Dangers of COVID-19 and Elder Abuse Across the Globe

Driven by startling, grim statistics from international humanitarian and advocacy groups including  the world’s most prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, elder abuse and exploitation across the world will be  “growing to 330 million victims by 2050. The findings of this study strengthen the case for global action” demonstrates a victim's daughter as she offers her father's suspicious forensic report to readers to exemplify a terrifying reality. Created in a work-book format, Paradise Costs—A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse, is a frightening personal narrative calling attention to what may be a predicted global holocaust.

New York City (August 8, 2021)— In a frightening true story, deception, corruption, exploitation and manipulation collide in Paradise Costs: A Victim's Daughter Fights Back Against Elder Abuse, the heart-wrenching story of an infirm, 80-year-old man with Alzheimer's who was taken from his family, stripped of his assets and exploited despite the pleas of his next of kin.

What makes the narrative more compelling now than it was in 2007 when the book was released? Many global humanitarian and health organizations are reporting issues across the planet today that are more horrifying than ever due to the harbinger of COVID-19 and its death toll.

Currently, elder abuse is recognized as human rights and public health issues by the United Nations, the World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, the American Civil Liberties Union and Britain’s The Lancet, the world’s oldest and most famous medical journal. Furthermore, the abuse and exploitation of elders are understood to be systemic issues in many organizations including governments and their agencies, as well as public and private institutions and corporations across the world. The Lancet stated in 2017, elder abuse and exploitation will be “growing to 330,000,000 victims by 2050” with “[t]he findings of [their] study strengthen the case for global action….” 

For the author of this book, the daughter of Mario Masiello, a hearing-impaired, honorably discharged, World War II veteran retired from the New York City Transit Authority,  it started innocently enough as it does for hundreds of thousands of seniors and #olderadults seeking a lower cost of living and warmer weather. Her parents relocated to the small town of Walterboro, South Carolina to realize his life-long dream of utopian living. Twenty years later, her father’s blissful life was shattered and ravaged by the death of his wife and by several illnesses including diabetes, Alzheimer's and depression. Paradise Costs tells the bone-chilling story of the last years of his life when he was "grandpa-napped" from his family by neighbors and "friends."

No longer a unique story, millions are and will be victims of this type abuse, exploitation and worse. Now in conjunction with some of the largest humanitarian groups in the world it’s a common occurrence and millions of seniors will be denied their human rights and robbed of their right to life.

"I never thought this type of betrayal and brutality would happen to my family," says Irene A. Masiello, Paradise Costs author and Mario's daughter. "My experience has made me realize how little people know about the deadly American pandemic that predates COVID-19. One-in-six seniors have been victims of elder exploitation and elder abuse for decades."

Recently, learning of this monumental uptick spelled out by international humanitarian and health organizations, Masiello, drained and exhausted from this grueling and tragic journey, the loss of her younger brother to Vietnam, and the death of her dad yet concerned about millions of #older #adults across the world, vowed to do the best she could to awaken others to the risks of an impending cataclysmic world tragedy.

The American Psychological Association for a decade or more had estimated approximately 2.1 million senior citizens are victims of physical and psychological neglect and abuse every year. However, the numbers have been grossly misleading for too many cases go unreported while most are unaware or under-informed of elder abuse's broader definitions. Several world-wide organizations are offering a glimmer of awareness however mass media hasn’t given this story the attention it deserves in reporting to #olderadults a shocking impending reality. However, COVID-19’s deadly ramifications were announced on AARP Magazine’s “Health” section cover in April, 2021’s story, “95 Percent of Americans Killed by COVID-19 Were 50 or Older."

Masiello urges, “Brace your selves, that’s just a harbinger.”

Meanwhile, too many older adults remain in denial, have distaste for bad news and bury their heads in the sand hoping to escape catastrophic events at a time in their life when they want to be enjoying their sunset years. It was to that end this book was quickly reworked to get facts, danger signals, red flags, definitions and imperative information to readers in hopes of avoiding what is experienced everyday by hundreds of thousands or more senior citizens.

Ms. Masiello states, “My brother and myself are not observers, we’re participants and we care. My brother ran into a burning plan in Vietnam and rescued five crewmembers; he received high military honors and an early grave that doesn’t belong to my family.  Interlopers own it for good reason; an exhumation of my dad could prove very bad news for them.” And I won’t stand back and allow millions to die like my father did without attempting to arm them with life saving information. l refuse to stand-by for a holocaust.”

In this gripping personal narrative the author gives a voice to countless victims who suffer and die in silence while the staggering issues paint a gruesome picture. Driven by more bleak statistics from national elder advocacy groups in the past, present and future stating its predicted that an additional 330 million cases of elder exploitation, Irene shares her family's story. In a bold stance, she drives home the pervasiveness of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation by offering her father's suspicious forensic report to readers to exemplify a terrifying reality. Even more important, she offers a viable solution to the problem that allows every American to be pro-active in helping to eradicate this social ill.

"As difficult as the aftermath of this tragedy has been, I am determined not to let my father's death be in vain," states Irene. "My goal now is to take my story to the nation again and raise awareness of this deplorable social ill that's plaguing America and the world. Information is power, we’ve got it in this book—we want people empowered and aware.”

Irene's objective is to provide a voice to the millions of victims that fall through the cracks every year. As readers accompany the Masiello family along their horrific journey they can't help but recognize and call for legislation that could prevent their own families from being victimized by this fast-growing phenomenon. "It's robbing our seniors of their dignity, treatment, proper nourishment and their right to life while causing pain and hardship for their loved ones."

"I'm urging participation via our interactive book to lobby legislators to amend the Elder Justice Act [EJA] to address the adjusted victim count alarming the humanitarian groups across the world” says the author. "Hopefully, others can be spared the suffering my father was forced to endure and their families will not have to look on helplessly in horror as mine did."

Masiello is urging global reform addressing elder issues and continued support to implement and amend human rights specifically protecting seniors by correcting public health issues now and understanding that elder abuse and exploitation are crimes.  She’s urging voters to pay close attention to political candidates who specifically make elder care issues part of their campaigns and “Vote for them like your life depends on it—it does!”

Irene also advises dysfunctional families, a huge risk factor for seniors, to get the help they need. She urges abusive and damaging patterns not be imposed on helpless, exploitable, aging victims who are at great risk. She warns families containing a substance abuser to understand elders are at special risk, “Don’t let grandpa be an easy hit to someone supporting a habit.”

Paradise Costs-A Victim’s Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse also contains an afterword written by the author of “Suicide-by-Cop,” internationally known forensic and geriatric psychiatrist Bennett Blum, MD. In 40-pages of simplified, easy to understand definitions and explanations of medical jargon and concepts, etc., Dr. Blum cautions readers a first sign that elder abuse may be taking place is “isolation” of #olderadults away from friends and family with less accessibility to visits, calls and outings.

Also, Dr. Blum’s afterword is a primer answering readers’ questions regarding normal aging vs. impaired cognition, types of dementia pointing out 20% of the dementias are treatable, what is cognitive decline, what about wandering, stages of Alzheimer’s, diminished capacity, does your senior need a doctor, lawyer or both and much more.

Both Masiello and Blum remind the public and, especially, #olderadults and their families

that elder abuse and exploitation are crimes. Call 911.

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