A striking, but sobering statistic: for every one case of elder abuse reported, another five cases go unreported, per the Salt Lake County District Attorney.
This year’s World Elder Abuse Day was centered not only on one of our most vulnerable populations, but also on those who take care of them. That’s where elder abuse prevention starts.
“It’s very difficult to become a caregiver,” said Debbie Hall, the director of Neighborhood House. “To be a caregiver full-time, particularly if you are an adult child of someone who’s living with dementia, now they’re taking care of kind of that sandwich generation. They have themselves, they have their family that they’re taking care of, and now they’re taking care of their aging parent.”…