June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Jennifer Walker-Journey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:59:32 +0000

More than a million senior citizens suffer from abuse or neglect in a single year, many of whom live in nursing homes, according to the National Center on Elder Abuse. For every case reported to authorities, more than five go unreported. These startling statistics have rallied the eldercare advocacy group International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) to declare a day to raise awareness of the cultural, social, economic and demographic process affecting elder abuse and neglect through community events aimed at promoting understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons.

June 15, 2009 has been designated as the 4th annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and will be celebrated by several hundred organizations and governmental bodies at international, national, regional, local, community and neighborhood levels in every continent in the world.

In Montgomery, Alabama, Jere L. Beasley, founding shareholder of Beasley Allen Law Firm, will speak at 10:30 a.m. at an Elder Abuse Rally at the Alabama State Capital. Beasley Allen Law Firm is one of the country’s leading firms involved in civil litigation on behalf of claimants, having represented hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom sought justice in cases of elder abuse.

For more information on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day or how to organize an event in your community, visit INPEA’s Web site and refer to the Community World Day Tool Kit.

Sources:
National Center on Elder Abuse
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

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