July is Elder Abuse Awareness Month: Help Vulnerable Elders by Getting Educated and Involved
Posted Jul 11 2010 12:00am
It's elder abuse awareness month - not that we should need a month to be aware of this horror. However, an article titled, "Study Finds Nearly Half of Alzheimer's Patients Abused" begins with this lead: "A recent study from the University of California, Irvine, examined the treatment of the elderly who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or similar disorders.
It's elder abuse awareness month - not that we should need a month to be aware of this horror. However, an article titled, "Study Finds Nearly Half of Alzheimer's Patients Abused" begins with this lead: "A recent study from the University of California, Irvine, examined the treatment of the elderly who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or similar disorders.
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