Too add another two-cents worth, my grandmother AND my Daddy were both abused at a "certified" facility AND at a private homecare facility. So it goes on everywhere. The key is to KNOW how to spot it, and where to report it.

You girls know you have just hit on the tip of the iceberg. A national association for the prevention of Elder abuse has been done. There are different kinds as well. Here are a few:

http://www.preventelderabuse.org/
http://www.onpea.org/ (for Canada)
http://www.elderabuseprevention-eastbay.org/
http://www.inpea.net/ (a national org)
http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm
and of course

http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Elder_Rights/Elder_Abuse/Elder_Abuse.asp
from the Department of Health and Human Resources

So...the national and international org's are in place, but the WORD is not getting out to people. This is where WE come in. Maybe some of these organizations would let each of us put a link on our homepages (for starters?) Or maybe we should see about starting CHAPTERS...OR CHARTERS in our own areas?

JJ