Elder abuse measures: What about the other 92.7%?
Thursday July 27, 2006
The Victorian Public Advocate welcomes the Federal Government’s new measures to protect people from elder abuse; but wonders about the fate of the other 92.7% of people aged over 70 who don’t live in nursing homes.
“I support any measures that protect vulnerable people who are at risk of abuse, neglect or exploitation - unfortunately, research shows that this kind of abuse is most likely to be financial and perpetrated by a family member”, Mr Julian Gardner said.
“A quick fix solution such as mandatory reporting will never address what we see as the major causes of elder abuse.
This is an important issue, a growing issue and while the Federal Government is taking positive steps, it is important that they are just the first of many,” he said.
Although the above comment was made about a year ago I believe it is still relevant today. I'm quite sure that this is still the situation around the world. Percentage may vary BUT .... As mentioned in earlier posting IF YOU ARE NOT IN CARE FACILITIES AND YOU ARE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT, bad luck!
People in this situation have to fend for themselves.
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