Kohl to Examine Elder Abuse, Financial Exploitation at Aging Committee Hearing TOMORROW
PRESS ADVISORY March 1, 2011
Contact: Joe Bonfiglio Phone: (202) 224-5364
Kohl to Examine Elder Abuse, Financial Exploitation at Aging Committee Hearing TOMORROW
Legendary Entertainer Mickey Rooney will testify, sharing his personal story of financial and emotional abuse
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, March 2nd at 2:00 p.m., U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) will hold a hearing on elder abuse, exploring the nationwide trends of physical, mental and financial abuse of seniors with top experts and advocates. Entertainment legend, Mickey Rooney will testify to the emotional and financial abuse that he has struggled through during the golden years of his extraordinary life.
Kay Brown, Director of the Education, Workforce and Income Security program at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will also unveil a new GAO report, detailing the existing estimates of elder abuse cases now being reported and will discuss the financial impact of elder abuse on state and federal government resources. Brown will be joined by Kathleen Quinn, National Adult Protective Services Association; Dr. Mark Lachs, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Bonnie Brandl, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life; and M.T. Connolly, Life Long Justice.
WHAT: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing – Justice for All: Ending Elder Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation
WHEN: Wednesday, March 2nd at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
WHO: PANEL 1
Mickey Rooney, Actor, entertainment legend, elder abuse victim and advocate
PANEL 2
Kay Brown, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, GAO
Kathleen Quinn, National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA)
Dr. Mark Lachs, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Bonnie Brandl, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
M.T. Connolly, Life Long Justice (LLJ), Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The hearing will be webcast from the committee webpage: www.aging.senate.gov
2 comments:
The down side is that it was a family member(s). This always gives the professional guardians the leverage they seek. They can point the finger and say, "Aha! It's because of people like Mickey Rooney's step kids that we professional guardians are so needed!"
These problems are happening all over the nation. Google for the Mary Long story done a month ago by CBS on the Katie Couric pages. Lawyers, judges and medical facilities are working together to harvest our seniors, veterans and children by the thousands. Google NASGA for guardian abuse, search conservatorship fraud.
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