June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

The World Health Organization describes elder abuse as a global social issue affecting the health and human rights of millions of people. It estimates up to six-percent of the elderly are abused at home, with many cases going unreported.

The U.N. predicts the number of people 60 years old and above will reach about 1.2-billion by 2025. That’s more than double the figure recorded in 1995. And as the global population ages, the U.N. said elder abuse is expected to rise.

“Elder abuse is a universal problem encountered in many countries – with little recourse at [the] national level where [the] government in some cases may not have specific policies to encounter and remedy where such abuse is taking place.”

He said there’s a wide range of abuse against the elderly.

“Physical, emotional, sexual, psychological abuses -- and in some cases discrimination and denial of rights for older persons -- thereby taking them as sub-persons in their own nations,” he said.

And the abuse can be violent.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/content/elder-abuse-awareness-day-13jun14/1936148.html


Leonard Pitts Jr.: Lest we forget, aging has its downside
BY LEONARD PITTS JR.
The Miami HeraldJune 15, 2014

I can't remember.

I find myself saying that a lot lately as I creep toward the 30th commemoration of my 30th birthday.

Read more:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/06/15/230415/leonard-pitts-jr-lest-we-forget.html



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BP099211, BP118616, BP122665,  BP135381

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ELDER ABUSE IS A CRIME!