Safeguarding Our Seniors: Protecting the Elderly from Physical and Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes

March 4, 2002

Date: March 4, 2002
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Dirksen 628

Statements of Committee Members

• Senator John Breaux (D-LA), Chairman
• Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), Ranking Member
  

Witness Testimony

Panel I

1. Bruce Love, Son of Physical Abuse Victim Helen Love, Mill Creek, California

2. Barbara Becker, Daughter of Physical Abuse Victim Helen Straukamp, Evansville, Indiana

3. Michael Peters, Esquire, Counsel for Rape Victim Jane Doe, Orlando, Florida

Panel II

1. Leslie Aronovitz, Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health Education and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, DC

2. Mark Malcolm, Coroner, Little Rock, Arkansas

3. Charles Fuselier,Sheriff, St. Martinville, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Sheriff's Association, St. Martinville, Louisiana

4. Henry Blanco, Board Member, National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators, Phoenix, Arizona

5. Delta Holloway, RN, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the American Health Care Association

Hearing Publications

• Committee on Aging Print: 107-20
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