Are other states experiencing this?

I also think it happens more than we hear of. It has happened in Oklahoma and characterized as domestic violence. I,personally believe it will become more frequent.

Thank for raising this, as unpleasant as it might be.

I think it happens more than we hear about it. I know of a few incidents that happened in California and the media portrayed them as “domestic violence” or murder suicides, just a random attack. They don’t mention that it was a caregiver, caregiver burn out or anything! And I don’t know if that’s because law enforcement doesn’t mention anything about that. There is a case that happened locally to me , last month if I recall correctly, it was a husband & wife and the wife was physically harmed (life threatening IIRC). The news made mention that she was disabled and completely dependent on her husband. And I knew it was probably caregiver burn out related. It wasn’t just some random act against her. I’m not at all defending him BTW. I’m just saying that in this case and in many others, the news makes it seem like it was just some random thing done by a crazy person when it’s really a situation involving a caregiver that probably reached their breaking point. Caregiver burn out and lack of help for caregivers is a real problem.

You mean they violently murdered them or is this a case of a "mercy killing" by pulling the plug or something? I haven't heard anything about it happening here but I live in one of the most violent cities in the USA so if it was a violent murder I probably wouldn't even notice it. I have known for a long time that elder abuse is a problem.