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: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

Elderly Abuse Difficult to Prosecute

By Levin & Perconti

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While getting victims to report elderly abuse is difficult, it seems that persuading the judicial system of its seriousness is even more difficult. Some district attorney?s believe that elder abuse cases are not considered severe. He states that financial exploitation is even more difficult to prosecute. Elders deal with embarrassment and shame after any type of abuse. Law enforcement officials say crimes against the elderly are often easy to dismiss because of their age. Programs designed to combat nursing home abuse are also under budget crunches. To read more about the elderly abuse, please click the link.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).

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