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Title: Mickey Rooney tells Senate panel he was a victim of elder abuse Post by: Allhallowsday on March 02, 2011, 06:59:04 PM Mickey Rooney tells Senate panel he was a victim of elder abuse
Washington (CNN) -- Grimacing with emotion, entertainment legend Mickey Rooney implored a Senate committee on Wednesday to stop what experts call chronic emotional, physical, sexual and financial abuse of elderly Americans by family members and other caregivers. The 90-year-old Rooney told the Senate Special Committee on Aging that he was abused by a family member who took control of his life, and described feeling "scared, disappointed, yes, and angry." "You can't believe that it's happening to you," Rooney said. "You feel overwhelmed." The committee's hearing brought attention to what experts call chronic elder abuse in America. Rooney said Congress should pass a law to make it a specific crime. "I'm asking you to stop this elderly abuse. I mean to stop it. Now. Not tomorrow, not next month, but now," he shouted from the witness table. Pass legislation and send it to be signed into law by President Barack Obama, he urged, so that the nation can say "it's a crime and we will not allow it in the United States of America." Other witnesses detailed the depth of the problem... http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/03/02/rooney.elderly.abuse/index.html?iref=allsearch (http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/03/02/rooney.elderly.abuse/index.html?iref=allsearch) Title: Re: Mickey Rooney tells Senate panel he was a victim of elder abuse Post by: Raffine on March 04, 2011, 09:37:48 AM Good for Rooney! :thumbup:
I'm glad the situation was discovered before something really tragic happened to him. |