LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - The La Crosse Police Department is partnering with La Crosse County to provide elder abuse investigation training. All law enforcement staff at the La Crosse Police Department ...
Donald Pelham no longer trusts professional caregivers. “I don’t much care for ‘em,” he said, three and a half years after his brother Arthur’s frozen body was found face-down outside the home of a ...
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The La Crosse Police Department is partnering with La Crosse County to provide elder abuse investigation training to all law enforcement staff at the department. "There's often a ...
Elder abuse is any action — or lack of appropriate action — occurring in a relationship where there is an expectation of trust that causes harm or distress to an older person, according to the World ...
The U.S. is growing older. Experts predict that seniors (people ages 65 and over) will make up 23% of the country by 2050, up from 16.5% now. As the aging population grows, more families of elderly ...
La Crosse County received 301 reports of elder abuse in 2022. That’s a 21% percent increase over 2021, which had a 13% increase over 2020. The county’s Adult Protective Services is working to reverse ...
As of July 2022, there were more than 15,300 certified nursing homes in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And while pre-pandemic studies estimate ...
Massachusetts prides itself on protecting the vulnerable, yet our state has created a troubling double standard that leaves elderly residents at greater risk than children when it comes to false and ...
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