Created: Monday, 16 Jun 2008, 5:58 PM EDT
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- It's a growing problem that often goes unreported. Elder abuse includes everything from financial scams to physical abuse.
DeKalb County has found a new way to fight back.
Flossie Mae Grier almost lost the east Atlanta home she's lived in for 40 years after being scammed by a predatory lender.
It's embarrassing, you feel like you've been taken you have been taken and you feel that way which is not a good feeling," said Flossie Mae Grier.It's a story that's not uncommon.
"They feel like we don't know anything but we do but we do get in trouble sometimes," said Grier.It's not just financial scams but also physical abuse. DeKalb County's district attorney learned that firsthand when her father was mistreated in a nursing home.
"Even the basic things of having his teeth brushed everyday those things were not done," said DeKalb District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming. So there are cheers for a program called Valeri. The goal is to bring all law enforcement in DeKalb County together to fight elder abuse."It's a one stop shop everything can be handled and the left hand can know what the right hand is doing," said DeKalb's Solicitor-General Robert James, Jr.
Deklab officals hope valeri will not only help seniors who've been abused...but encourage more seniors of families to come forward and report problems.
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SOURCE: MyFoxAtlanta
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