Advocates for the elderly in New York are asking for an increased focus on elderly abuse. <\/p>\n
Jeanne Zieff is a social worker and elder abuse program coordinator for a nonprofit agency, the Community Agency for Senior Citizens, based on Staten Island. She and her coworkers are seeing their elderly clients struggle with relatives who have been demanding their FEMA checks or moving into their homes, and are facing everything from verbal mistreatment to physical neglect. <\/p>\n
Various groups and agencies across the U.S. are working to support the elderly and raise awareness of elder abuse, but the like Zieff’s office on Staten Island, they have funding issues and face a crushing workload. Zieff’s office has faced recent cuts, and must lobby every year to stay open. The office is one of five which shares a yearly fund of $800,000 – – a minuscule amount for the territory they cover and the caseloads (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Advocates for the elderly in New York are asking for an increased focus on elderly abuse. Jeanne Zieff is a social worker and elder abuse program coordinator for a nonprofit agency, the Community Agency for Senior Citizens, based on Staten…<\/span><\/p>\n