State Senator Finds 30,000 Elder Abuse Incidents
By Helena Zhu
Epoch Times
Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) unveiled more than 30,000 estimated incidents of elderly abuse statewide in 2008 on Monday. He released the results of his latest report at the Hebrew Home, a nursing home in Riverdale, New York.
There were 19,301 reports, the figure reflects number of abuse incidents and not the number of individuals affected. Claims of elderly abuse were made to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services’s (OCFS) and Adult Protective Services (APS) in 2008. Nearly 5,000 of those come from New York City.
After applying the national rates of substantiation of 35.5 percent and underreporting, Klein’s office reported that 34,000 cases took place in New York in 2008. These calculations relied exclusively on APS data to avoid counting duplicated cases.
“This report makes clear that our seniors are at risk and need our help. For too long there has been no coherent system for measuring the frequency of elderly abuse. My bill would change that and make one agency responsible and accountable for this critical information,” said Sen. Klein in a press release. “With so many baby boomers nearing retirement, we need to accurately identify the scope of this issue now, so we can develop more effective prevention, protection and treatment.”
Sen. Klein proposes a bill that would develop a coordinated approach to more accurately measure this serious and growing problem and help with prevention.
Abridged
SOURCE: WNYC
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