United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Hearings

Saving Our Seniors: Preventing Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation

June 14, 2001

 

Current estimates indicate that more than 820,000 older and developmentally disabled individuals cared for by family members or other community-based caregivers are subject to abuse, neglect and exploitation, but several experts claim the number abused is dramatically higher. This hearing will outline the prevalence and risk of this abuse, potential and available services to address these problems and the role of the federal government in combating elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.

    Date: June 14, 2001
    Time: 9:30 a.m.
    Dirksen 562

Statements of Committee Members

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Witness Testimony

    Panel I

    1. Stuart Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

    Panel II

    1. Joanne Hopper, Fruitland, Idaho

    2. Sara Aravanis, National Center on Elder Abuse, National Association of State Units on Aging, Washington, DC

    3. Laura Mosqueda, M.D., Director of Geriatrics, University of California, Irvine, California

    4. Paul R. Greenwood, Deputy District Attorney Head of Elder Abuse Prosecution, San Diego, California

    5. Riker Hamilton, Protective Program Administrator, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, Portland, Maine

Hearing Publications