A reminder of the only worthwhile post ever made by vestanumbers: A mention of an elderly person who had "old timer's disease".
Age or disability does not give ANYONE be it 5 years of age to 95 the right to put others in harms way.
Excuses such as " But their just a child they don't know what they are doing / or / But their very old and don't know what they are doing." Just doesn't excuse anyone from indangering another.
I agree with one poster that said the daughter should be charged with neglect. Where did that old lady get a knife.?
Actually people with this disease can be more dangerous then young folk. They have low tolerance for frustration and become paranoid, and destructive.
We tend to let down our guard around the very old and that is where you can get hurt.
5 years working in a nursing home way back then, I have seen some old folk do some amazing things.