Changes in California law will likely mean lighter sentences for those convicted of felony elder abuse and less stringent supervision after time has been served. Before last October, many such swindlers and con artists found guilty of preying on the elderly would have served time in state prison. But as a result of a new
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Our state’s senior population will grow by 40 percent to about 8.9 million by 2020, according to the California Department of Finance’s Demographic Research Unit. This simple statistic tells me that the number of potential victims of elder abuse will skyrocket in the next decade – just as dire financial issues combine to hinder law
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By Eric Hovatter Mickey Rooney, 90, recently testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about abuse he suffered at the hands of his own stepson. To watch the 90-year-old actor speak was both sad, humbling, and a lesson that elder abuse can happen to anyone: rich and famous, or poor and unknown. This wake-up
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