Seniors For Living

As we age, the importance of planning for our future health and legal needs cannot be underestimated. It starts as young parents, when we make sure we have a will or trust in place to protect our children just in ...

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is approaching. Six years ago on June 15th, the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse partnered with the World Health Organization at the United Nations to establish this annual occurrence. The Administration ...

As we’ve said in numerous posts, elder abuse is on the rise, affecting Hollywood legends, your beloved relatives, your neighbors. And as long as there are people in the world motivated by malicious intentions, selfish desires, and a general ...

As Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) has taken on a number of significant senior issues, among them: improving the quality of care in nursing homes, creating a system of background checks for senior ...

Although among the first states to create legislation and enforce regulations to ensure quality care for residents of their assisted living communities, Florida has been making headlines in recent weeks for a number of serious neglect and abuse cases – and ...

On June 15th, people around the world wore purple, demonstrating a strong solidarity for ending elder abuse and neglect in homes, senior care facilities, workplaces, communities, and families.

This year, the official WEAAD (World Elder Abuse Awareness Day) international event ...

Honorary Oscar award winner and four-time nominee. Film, television, and musical actor. Father, husband, family man. Elder abuse victim.

Mickey Rooney is making the news these days, and it’s certainly been good for elder abuse awareness, albeit heartbreaking to hear.

Elder abuse happens, and as the 90-year-old star shared in his appropriately ardent testimony to a special Senate committee, it comes in various forms (i.e. financial, physical, emotional, ...

Choosing a nursing home can be a stressful decision, there's many things to consider, and there can be a lot of concerns to address. Nursing home abuse can be a primary concern as people select a facility for their loved one.

Nursing home abuse can come in all forms, but all of it is damaging in some way, whether it be emotionally, physically, or financially.

The Nursing Home Abuse Center ...

It's not the easiest topic to think about, but it's one that cannot be avoided. Elder abuse is becoming all too common, and sadly, I'm sure that the cases we hear about are just the tip of the iceberg.

On March 11th In Huntington Beach, CA, the live-in caretaker of an 84-year-old woman was charged with financial elder abuse, grand theft, identity theft, vehicle theft, fraud and forgery. At a ...