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Author:  Staff Editors.


Source: Volume 17, Number 06, March/April 2015 , pp.81-83(3)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

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Abstract: 

An abbreviated look at current issues and items of interest including investigations into the abuse of mentally disabled workers in the turkey packing industry; Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS) groups set up by states to improve the management of adult guardianship; OVC Online Victim Assistance Training; Florida “plate lickers” who sell unsuitable annuities to the elderly using “free meal” seminars; and California’s new statute calling for training police to observe evidence of elder abuse.

Keywords: WINGS Grants; Gulf Coast Elder Abuse Conference; elder financial abuse

Affiliations:  1: Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled Staff.

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