Elderly woman suffered immeasurably after neglect by daughter AUTHORITIES are being urged to toughen laws that allow carers who neglect the elderly to go unpunished, following the death of an 88-year-old woman who was treated "unforgivably" by her daughter. In a scathing ruling, Queensland Deputy State Coroner Christine Clements has also called on Centrelink to tighten its regulation of carers' welfare payments to stop another "vulnerable elderly person" suffering such an "appalling decline in wellbeing" in the future.