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S. C. R. No. 36 As Adopted by the SenateAs Adopted by the Senate
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Gardner, Beagle, Hughes, Hite, Manning, Turner, Gentile, Skindell, Brown, Tavares, Balderson, Burke, Coley, Eklund, Faber, Jordan, Kearney, LaRose, Lehner, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Smith, Uecker, Widener
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | Recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Ohio,
June 15.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Federal government estimates show that more than one
in ten persons over age sixty, or six million individuals, are
victims of elder abuse each year; and |
| WHEREAS, The vast majority of the abuse, neglect, and
exploitation of older adults in the United States goes
unidentified and unreported; and |
| WHEREAS, Only one in forty-four cases of financial abuse of
older adults is reported; and |
| WHEREAS, At least two billion nine hundred million dollars is
taken from older adults each year due to financial abuse and
exploitation; and |
| WHEREAS, Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation have no
boundaries and cross all racial, social, class, gender, and
geographic lines; and |
| WHEREAS, Older adults who are abused are three times more
likely to die earlier than older adults of the same age who are
not abused; and |
| WHEREAS, Although all fifty states have laws against elder
abuse, incidents of elder abuse have increased by one hundred
fifty per cent over the last ten years; and |
| WHEREAS, Public awareness has the potential to increase the
identification and reporting of elder abuse by the public,
professionals, and victims, and can act as a catalyst to promote
issue-based education and long-term prevention; and |
| WHEREAS, Private individuals and public agencies must work
together on the federal, state, and local levels to combat
increasing occurrences of abuse, neglect, and exploitation crime
and violence against vulnerable older adults and vulnerable
adults, particularly in light of limited resources for vital
protective services; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, recognize June 15 as World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day in Ohio; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, recognize judges, lawyers, adult protective
services professionals, law enforcement officers, social workers,
health care providers, victims' advocates, and other professionals
and agencies for their efforts to advance awareness of elder
abuse; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, encourage members of the public and
professionals who work with older adults to act as catalysts to
promote awareness and long-term prevention of elder abuse by
reaching out to local adult protective services agencies and by
learning to recognize, detect, report, and respond to elder abuse;
and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. |
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