Police focus on elder abuse

Post-Tribune (IN);  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......said Indiana's senior citizens deserve. The bedridden...reminder that senior citizens across the state...little-discussed crime called elder abuse. Two weeks after...ensuring that our senior citizens are treated the...Too often, elder abuse is not ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN TO STOP ELDER ABUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 11, 2007 ;     575 words ......DSPS) and its Elder Abuse Coalition. Each...of one of three senior citizens and DSPS' elder abuse help line: (914...where she calls elder abuse "an insidious problem...place is immune to elder abuse. It occurs throughout...

ATTORNEY GENERAL CORBETT ANNOUNCES CREATION OF ELDER ABUSE UNIT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 22, 2006 ;     667 words ......agents of the Elder Abuse Unit will be to...who prey on our senior citizens." Corbett explained...members of the Elder Abuse Unit will travel...on seminars for senior citizens, health care providers...family members of senior citizens. Additionally, ...

GOV. BLAGOJEVICH ANNOUNCES NEW HOTLINE TO HELP STOP ELDER ABUSE IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......efforts to fight elder abuse, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich...loved ones can report elder abuse or exploitation and...Beginning today, the new Elder Abuse Hotline, (866) 800-14...prepared take reports of elder abuse, and forward them...who are victims of elder ...

Incidents of elder abuse, neglect on the rise

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  May 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Services' Senior Citizens Services Unit, elder abuse continues...types of elder abuse: [] Financial...exploitation. Senior citizens are financially...note that elder abuse can be prevented...through the Senior Citizens Services...

ATTORNEY GENERAL CORBETT ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF ELDER ABUSE UNIT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 19, 2006 ;     648 words ......designed to protect senior citizens and prosecute...By creating an Elder Abuse Unit, I am directing...agents of the Elder Abuse Unit will be to...who prey on our senior citizens." Corbett explained...members of the Elder Abuse Unit will travel...on ...

Alliance forms to stem rise in elder abuse Alliance forms to stem rise in...

The Boston Globe;  October 12, 2008 ;     595 words ......Crimes against senior citizens are on the rise...The Leaders in Elder Abuse Prevention, or...LEAPS will give senior citizens an easier way to...rise in cases of elder abuse over the past five...909 reports of elder abuse and 4,423 confirmed...set up to ...

Lawmakers seek ways to curb elder abuse Thousands mistreated by family,...

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 18, 2004 ;     310 words ...Thousands of senior citizens silently suffer from...to reduce cases of elder abuse and neglect in Illinois...people convicted of elder abuse or neglect, requiring...receive 8,000 reports of elder abuse by the end of the fiscal...

Officials confront elder abuse: Culprits are usually family.

Mountaineer (Waynesville, NC);  August 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......interested in elder abuse was present...training about elder abuse. Twenty percent...have even more senior citizens in our area...Bonfoey said. Elder abuse happens in homes...children of the senior citizen and...different forms of elder abuse, ...

Stemming the rise in elder abuse ; Middlesex County

The Boston Globe;  October 9, 2008 ;     597 words ......Crimes against senior citizens are on the rise...The Leaders in Elder Abuse Prevention, or...LEAPS will give senior citizens an easier way to...rise in cases of elder abuse over the past five...909 reports of elder abuse and 4,423 confirmed...set up to ...

Alliance forms to stem rise in elder abuse

The Boston Globe;  October 9, 2008 ;     592 words ......Crimes against senior citizens are on the rise...The Leaders in Elder Abuse Prevention, or...LEAPS will give senior citizens an easier way to...rise in cases of elder abuse over the past five...909 reports of elder abuse and 4,423 confirmed...set up to ...

Senior citizens warned about elder abuse.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 24, 2004 ;     461 words ......remains prevalent among senior citizens, leaving some open to fraud...typically begin preying on senior citizens in the spring, Larsen said...crimes under the umbrella of elder abuse, a field that area police...hold Tuesday's conference. Elder abuse includes physical, ...

Alliance forms to stem rise in elder abuse Alliance forms to stem rise in...

The Boston Globe;  October 12, 2008 ;     580 words ......NORTH 1 Crimes against senior citizens are on the rise, and officials...the tide. The Leaders in Elder Abuse Prevention, or LEAPS...hope is LEAPS will give senior citizens an easier way to prevent...percent rise in cases of elder abuse over the past five ...

Senior citizens, officials discuss ageism, abuse at forum: AMHERST.

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  June 16, 2007 ;     435 words ......hear stories of abuse to senior citizens and how the community can...held on the second World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, which the...Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse started last year. In the...Services assigned 411 cases of elder abuse to its case managers, ...

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN? THOUSANDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE SUFFER ABUSE BY FAMILY,...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......for a while. But thousands of senior citizens here, and millions nationally...finding - much less helping - elder abuse victims living outside the...train officers to investigate elder abuse, and don't always insist on arrests when senior citizens are victims of ...