““Let’s stay optimistic. We now have three crucial groups motivated to finally make a difference; politicians, industry leaders, and advocacy groups. For once, everyone agrees we must take action.”
“Let’s stay optimistic. We now have three crucial groups motivated to finally make a difference: politicians, industry leaders and advocacy groups. “
A new law passed July 1 in Florida that will help stop financial abuse and exploitation of seniors. The law permits and entirely new group of professionals, financial and investment advisors, to not only take action and report suspected abuse of a senior, but provides the ability for them to freeze financial transactions.
With the ever present reality of dying from Covid, I decided to write letters to my adult children and grandchildren. I like this idea whether Covid is part of our every day life or not. Take the time to write letters to those you love. Especially to children so young your letter may be all they have to remember you.
With climate change, we can expect more power outages and an increase in elderly deaths. Temperatures are soaring across the nation, far beyond “normal,” and the daily headlines are full of news on heat waves globally. Cities across the United States have developed interventions targeting the elderly and have “heat response plans”. These include education about who is a heat exposure risk and coordinated services between public health officials and emergency management personnel.
