Elder Justice and Protection: Stopping the Abuse: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, One Hundred Eighth First Session on Examining the Serious P
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Oesterreichische National-Encyklopadie, Alphabetische Darlegung Der Wissenswurdigsten Eigenthumlichkeiten Des Osterreichischen Kaiserthumes In
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This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 28 pages. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)53948689 Subject: Older people -- Abuse of -- United States -- Prevention. Excerpt: . . . We should not longer look away. In a modern humane society, we simply cannot sit idly by and let some seniors suffer harm and neglect instead of the attentive and protective care they need and deserve. We cannot avoid the problem. We have to confront it and take the appropriate steps necessary to deal with the issues that touch every community. Abuse and neglect of an elderly, frail individual is no different than neglecting or abusing a child. Both are defenseless and lack a strong voice. Both are vulnerable and suffer at the hands of those who are nothing more than cowards and criminals. Abuse of the elderly should be treated no differently than abuse of children. A crime is a crime is a crime whether you are 5 years old or 85 years old. Congress has embraced initiatives to guard against child abuse and domestic violence, and rightly so, but there has been no comparable effort to protect seniors from elder abuse. That is why we are here today. We want to ensure that crimes against the elderly are reported and those responsible are prosecuted. And most importantly, we need to do a better job in the first place to prevent this abuse before it has an opportunity to occur. That is why I am an original co-sponsor of a bill called the Elder Justice Act, S. 333. The Bill is a first comprehensive Federal effort to address the issue of elder abuse. There have been hearings held on elder abuse in the Senate since 1979, and it is about time that we did something. Twenty Congressional hearings later we still do not have a Bill. This measure, S. 333, combines law enforcement and public health to study, detect, treat, prosecute and prevent elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. It is based on the successful approach, it has been applied to combat child abuse and violence against women. It creates Federal leadership and . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 28 pages. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)53948689 Subject: Older people -- Abuse of -- United States -- Prevention. Excerpt: . . . We should not longer look away. In a modern humane society, we simply cannot sit idly by and let some seniors suffer harm and neglect instead of the attentive and protective care they need and deserve. We cannot avoid the problem. We have to confront it and take the appropriate steps necessary to deal with the issues that touch every community. Abuse and neglect of an elderly, frail individual is no different than neglecting or abusing a child. Both are defenseless and lack a strong voice. Both are vulnerable and suffer at the hands of those who are nothing more than cowards and criminals. Abuse of the elderly should be treated no differently than abuse of children. A crime is a crime is a crime whether you are 5 years old or 85 years old. Congress has embraced initiatives to guard against child abuse and domestic violence, and rightly so, but there has been no comparable effort to protect seniors from elder abuse. That is why we are here today. We want to ensure that crimes against the elderly are reported and those responsible are prosecuted. And most importantly, we need to do a better job in the first place to prevent this abuse before it has an opportunity to occur. That is why I am an original co-sponsor of a bill called the Elder Justice Act, S. 333. The Bill is a first comprehensive Federal effort to address the issue of elder abuse. There have been hearings held on elder abuse in the Senate since 1979, and it is about time that we did something. Twenty Congressional hearings later we still do not have a Bill. This measure, S. 333, combines law enforcement and public health to study, detect, treat, prosecute and prevent elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. It is based on the successful approach, it has been applied to combat child abuse and violence against women. It creates Federal leadership and . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
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Elder Justice and Protection: Stopping the Abuse: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, One Hundred Eighth First Session on Examining the Serious P
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BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Elder Justice and Protection: Stopping the Abuse: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session on Examining the Serious P, United States Congress Senate.
BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Elder Justice and Protection: Stopping the Abuse: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session on Examining the Serious P, United States Congress Senate.
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Oesterreichische National-Encyklopadie, Alphabetische Darlegung Der Wissenswurdigsten Eigenthumlichkeiten Des Osterreichischen Kaiserthumes; In
EN NWISBN: 9781234625993 bzw. 1234625997, in Englisch, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, neu.
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