Vertaling van "her family here has been very difficult because her status " (Engels → Frans) :

Life for her and her family here has been very difficult because her status has been in constant limbo.
La vie ici pour sa famille et elle a été difficile en raison de l'incertitude constante qui entoure son statut.

I'm not convinced that this is always the response the older person wants when she has been victimized often because the person who's harming her is a very close person in her family.
Je ne suis pas convaincue que c'est la solution que veut la personne âgée qui a été victime — bien souvent, l'auteur du préjudice est une personne très proche dans sa famille.