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New Laws regarding Elder Abuse

Those of you who serve the older population know that serving this group of individuals takes additional caution. As Realtors we need to always be aware of any possibility of being seen as taking advantage of seniors.

That's partly why I earned the Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation. I wanted to help insure that anyone of this group of individuals would not be taken advantage of, certainly if I could help it, because sadly, the elderly are preyed upon by those who do not wish to do honest work!

Anyway, Governor Crist has signed into law SB366 which increases the penalty for aggravated abuse of Florida's elderly and disabled populations from a second-degree felony to a first-degree felony.

We can help our older customers and their families by being aware of this law and if we know or suspect elder abuse, contact the Florida Abuse Hotline at 1-800-96-ABUSE (1-800-962-2873).

We wish to live our lives with dignity, lets help make it so for this group of individuals too.

Posted by Angie Goodman on 07/03/2008 01:50 PM

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4 Comments on New Laws regarding Elder Abuse

Angie,

God bless you for helping the elderly. It was so traumatic on my family when we had to place my grandfather with Alzeimers in a facility. That was bad enough and then he was neglected and abused. These folks contributed in their time as we do now and they should be honored. Good for you.

07/03/2008 08:54 PM

by Holly Lynch (Keller Williams Greenville Central)

Dear Angie,

Thank you for caring about our aging loved ones! My mission in life is to find as many outlets as possible to share solutions from our "just released" DVD entitled, "Saving our Parents." This DVD is being used as a training video for families, caregivers, professionals, hospital staff, and government agencies throughout the world and won the 2007 Silver National Mature Media Award in its category of best in educational materials for older adults.

Hosted and narrated by Ed Asner (Mary Tyler Moore Show), and featuring LAPD Police Chief William Bratton and Los Angeles Director of Public Health, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, "Saving Our Parents" is a MUST SEE documentary that will help protect and educate our public servants, older adults and their adult children about safe and healthy aging.

"One elderly person is victimized every 2.7 minutes."By allowing me to post on your site, you are assisting in our mission to:

Prevent a million elders from becoming victimized

Raise $1 million to find a cure for Alzheimer's - a portion of the sales proceeds will be donated to The John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation

Inspire & empower one million families to care for their loved ones in their golden years

We invite you and your blogging colleagues to take a moment to visit our website: www.savingourparents.com to view clips of our DVD and learn about discounted rates for orders.

With gratitude for all you do,

Dorothy Breininger, Producer, Saving our Parents, and President, Delphi Center for Organization, Inc.

Debby Bitticks, Producer, Saving our Parents, and CEO, Delphi Health Products, Inc.

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07/04/2008 07:24 PM

by Dorothy Breininger

That's a great step forward but I'd like to see stricter penanlties for those who swindle them too.

07/04/2008 07:51 PM

by Jenniffer Lee (RE/MAX)

Angie:

Thanks for reminding me of thisl I worked with hospice for six years and we saw a lot of this and it broke my heart. So far we have not seen this in our business but we need to stay aware...

Ann Hutchens, Creating Divine Order, Central Florida

07/08/2008 11:33 PM

by Ann Hutchens (Creating Divine Order)

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