CBS special on elder abuse places spotlight on at-home abuse

Earlier this week, CBS aired a special program on elder abuse and found that not all abuse and neglect occurs in nursing homes. CBS found that a hardly studied and largely under-reported problem was elder abuse and neglect occurring in private homes. A new program at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine seeks to combat the problems by making house calls to seniors based on reports from Adult Protective Services.

For the full article.
For the video.

Bookmark:      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at del.icio.us      Digg CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at Digg.com      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at Spurl.net      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at Simpy.com      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at NewsVine      Blink this CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at blinklist.com      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at Furl.net      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at reddit.com      Fark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at Fark.com      Bookmark CBS%20special%20on%20elder%20abuse%20places%20spotlight%20on%20at-home%20abuse at Yahoo! MyWeb