Local Effort to Prevent Elder Abuse Receives National Recognition
The Center for Elder Abuse Prevention (The Center), a crisis shelter for older adults operated by The Jewish Home for the Elderly, is receiving national recognition for its innovative approach to reach out to victims of elder abuse in the Greater Bridgeport community.
http://www.jhe.org/about/news_081308_1.html
National Center on Elder Abuse
Website of the US Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/NCEAroot/Main_Site/Index.aspx
Years Later, Divorce Complicates Caregiving
Years after parents split, their children may wind up helping to sustain two households instead of one, and those households can be across town or across the country.
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/years-later-divorce-complicates-caregiving/
Health care reform: Influx of newly insured may overwhelm Utah docs
A sudden influx of the newly insured, experts warn, could overwhelm a system already stretched too thin.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12984598
Mass. elder abuse on rise
More of the state’s elderly are being abused or neglected, as economic stresses push family caregivers to the breaking point and the social service programs that once helped them are cut back.
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/02/09/mass_elder_abuse_on_rise/
