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Show Page APRIL 23, 1986 Abuse of elderly t an increasing woe Elder abuse, or Granny Bashing," is one of the most hidden forms of abuse, but a Weber State College professor said between 500,(XX) to 2.5 million elderly are victims each year. We know theres a good deal more going on than what gets re- ported and what gets investigated, Lintz said. men who live with their widowed mothers, who are alcoholics or have drug dependencies are what Lintz called "clinical pictures of when abuse occurs. We dont know why they do it, but it's a major concern and with the population getting older its becoming more of a concern," she said. MIDDLE-AGE- D THE ASSAULT of the aged usually is physical or emotional, depravation of food, water or medicine, financial embezzlement, or unreasonable confinement, and is one of the most difficult to solve, said Louise Lintz, former director of the State Board of Aging and currently an assistant professor of gerontology at Weber State. "Elder abuse is much like child WOMEN WHO mistreat their abuse. You can get some really elders do so mainly because of e stress caused by caring for the oldrelationships, messy she said. er person. In many cases, the love-hat- ELDER ABUSE is when parents are beaten or sexually molested by their children, are starved or kept from needed medication. Some have been locked in their rooms for months, and others have their life savings swindled. The worst is the violence, she said. What is termed the Battered Parent Syndrome cuts across all social and economic groups, but woman has children and grandchildren of her own and snaps under inthe strain of al volvement. Male abusers are usually drug or alcohol addicts. Exploitation is the most reported form of abuse with physical beatings second and neglect third. IT AFFECTS the whole family. The rest of the family may feel that the caretaker is too hard on the appears to be more prevalent parent, but they dont want the rewhere there is a family history of sponsibility of caring for mother, violence. Often the Biblical axiom so theyre fearful to intervene. Afof Spare the rod, spoil the child ter the parent is deceased, then comes back to haunt the elderly they speak freely, Lintz said. when they become wards of their The scariest thing is that reformer dependents. search shows elder abuse is just a part of a cycle of violence, and if THIS CYCLE of family violence intervention does not take place becomes an ignoble family heritage then the cycle often gets faster, that grows with each generation, she said. she said. We think the problem comes WOMEN, WHO currently outclose to a large number of famiare the most live men lies, she said. likely ones to be abused, however, when there is more than one or two NATIONALLY close to 500,000 caretakers in the home the incicases are reported each year, but dence of abuse drops substantially, experts think actual abuse stretch- she said. es into the millions. Most states have laws against this type of battering, but Utah laws are such that the older victims have to initiate action for any legal remedy to occur. four-to-on- Bike safety tips offered 10 THE ABUSEE has to agree to press charges. If they dont then theres nothing we can do, but NATIONAL Bicycle Safety Week, to be observed April is designed to increase public awareness regarding the safe operation of bikes. More and more adults are cycling for fun and fitness, and the Utah Safety Council wants to educate people about the safe ways to drive a bicycle. Families can make a bicycle maintenance check a spring project as part of National Bicycle Safety Week. A safe bicycle is the first step in safe cycling. The Utah Safety Council offers cyclists the fol20-2- 6, Parents hate to turn in their children for fear of losing what they think is their only place to stay, and so they simply accept the situation. BUT EVERYBODY has a point, a line that cannot be crossed and once that point is reached the abused parent is ready to do something, Lintz said. Most communities offer safe houses, counseling, relief caretakers or other programs to reduce stress that seem to work, but Lintz said these were just approaches at best. band-ai- d THERE ARE more four and five generation families living together now than weve ever had. We have to find some way to work with these people in order to break the cycle of violence, she said. ia Cook, Bart Hamblin. Workman. 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