\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA woman has been accused of elderly neglect after an 81-year-old woman was allegedly left in a tent outside her residence for days, according to an arrest affidavit filed by the Marion County Sheriff\u2019s Office.According to the report, deputies responded on June 3 after an adult protective investigator with the Department of Children and Families reported concerns about the elderly woman\u2019s living conditions. The woman, who suffers from mobility issues and dementia, told authorities she was placed in a tent outside her home by her caregiver, Karie Lightfoot.The victim said she was given adult diapers but received no assistance and was forced to change herself. She described being left alone in the tent, which was situated far from the residence, with limited food and water. The victim estimated she may have been in the tent for about a week.The affidavit said the woman\u2019s son, who is a truck driver, had purchased the tent but was out of the county for work.He told deputies that Lightfoot had been the victim\u2019s caretaker for two years but had recently expressed that she no longer wanted the responsibility.Lightfoot left for Texas while the victim remained in the tent, making no arrangements for further care, according to deputies. The victim was eventually transported to AdventHealth Medical Center in Ocala after a fall. She is expected to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility.Lightfoot faces charges of neglect of an elderly person without great bodily harm, according to the affidavit.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tMARION COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A woman has been accused of elderly neglect after an 81-year-old woman was allegedly left in a tent outside her residence for days, according to an arrest affidavit filed by the Marion County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
According to the report, deputies responded on June 3 after an adult protective investigator with the Department of Children and Families reported concerns about the elderly woman\u2019s living conditions. <\/p>\n
The woman, who suffers from mobility issues and dementia, told authorities she was placed in a tent outside her home by her caregiver, Karie Lightfoot.<\/p>\n
The victim said she was given adult diapers but received no assistance and was forced to change herself. <\/p>\n
She described being left alone in the tent, which was situated far from the residence, with limited food and water. <\/p>\n
The victim estimated she may have been in the tent for about a week.<\/p>\n
The affidavit said the woman\u2019s son, who is a truck driver, had purchased the tent but was out of the county for work.<\/p>\n
He told deputies that Lightfoot had been the victim\u2019s caretaker for two years but had recently expressed that she no longer wanted the responsibility.<\/p>\n
Lightfoot left for Texas while the victim remained in the tent, making no arrangements for further care, according to deputies. <\/p>\n
The victim was eventually transported to AdventHealth Medical Center in Ocala after a fall. <\/p>\n
She is expected to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility.<\/p>\n
Lightfoot faces charges of neglect of an elderly person without great bodily harm, according to the affidavit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has been accused of elderly neglect after an 81-year-old woman was allegedly left in a tent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139661,2293,7071,1896,23160,11853,4561,6079,89135,28,139662,30,29,139660,21006,6551,54411,6411,192],"class_list":["post-339900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-81-year-old-florida-woman","tag-arrest-affidavit","tag-children","tag-concern","tag-dementia","tag-department","tag-deputy","tag-families","tag-fields","tag-florida","tag-florida-caregiver","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-karie-lightfoot","tag-neglect","tag-residence","tag-tent","tag-victim","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}