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Overview of State Statutes Protecting the Elderly, Part II  


Author:  Roslyn  Myers, Esq.


Source: Volume 09, Number 04, November/December 2006 , pp.53-54(2)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

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Abstract: 

This multipart series provides an overview of the states’ protections of the elderly population. Part I discussed the increasing size of this demographic, the emerging area of elder abuse, and the failure of the federal government to support this responsibility to the nation’s elderly citizens. This installment discusses delineations and definitions of categories, provisions, perpetrators, and protected classes.

Keywords: federal elder abuse definitions; state delineations of elder abuse

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