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How Can I Help Stop Elder Abuse?

How Can I Help Stop Elder Abuse?

I want to continue our discussion on elder abuse by reiterating our responsibility to the seniors in the community. We feel an innate responsibility to help a lost child in a store reconnect with her parents. In the same way, we should feel protective of the...

Who Should be Protecting Seniors from Abuse?

Who Should be Protecting Seniors from Abuse?

An ugly confrontation at my local pharmacy a few days ago got me thinking about elderly abuse.  Specifically: Whose role is it to prevent the mistreatment of older members of our community? I walked into my pharmacy after work recently and saw an older man...