Show C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday August 14 2002 states elderly abuse goes unnoticed In many DAVENPORT Iowa (AP) — John Nelxen was a prisoner in his home his warden: a young couple who lived with him They told the 7 1 year-old man that if he left the house alarms would sound When Nclsen became more suspi- cious of them and wanted to call his hank to check on his money they threatened to send him to a nursing home The couple who were never charged lived off Nelson's money for si months he said using it to pay for everything from rent o the phone bill “I just had to get out of there" said Nclsen who now lives in a boarding house “I just couldn't take it anymore" A US Administration oh Aging study estimates that up to 1 million elderly are physically abused neglected or financially exploited each year But officials acknowledge that is only a guess “We don't have a true grasp of it because it's such-- big social problem — it's underreported unrecognized — it's hard to get a good idea of how much of it is out there" said Linda Hildreth state elder abuse coordinator at the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs The study looked at reports of elder abuse in 20 counties nationwide Some say that doesn't represent the problem's true magnitude “Unfortunately it also showed that only one in five comes to the attention of people who can do something to help” said Sara Aravanis director of the National Center on Elder Abuse in Washing- ton DC “It's only the tiny tip of the iceberg that we know about The rest remain hidden below the surface" Kathleen Quinn of the Illinois Department on Aging -- i ' - ' - ' ' Dcering 68 died days later Richard Smith Jr SI pleaded guilty to neglect and dependent adult abuse He was sentenced to 10 years in believes the detection rate could be as low as I in 14 “There's never been a national random population survey on elder abuse" she said noting that it's difficult to gauge its scope because victims often are housebound or isolated by those who prey on them The federal Caregivers Support Program implemented last year pro- vidcs money to states to open centers to teach caregivers about services such as home meal delivery home health care and counseling “It helps guide them to practical solutions to the issues they are facing” Quinn said The aging administration study completed in 1997 showed that 84 percent of elder abuse conics at the hands of a relative most often the older person's grown child The boyfriend and girlfriend who were Nelsen's roommates pretended to be his friends in order to get at his money said Scott Schluter a coordinator for the Generations Area Agency on Aging in Davenport Iowa Nelsen gave the woman power of attorney over his finances but began to worry about how his money was being spent He left the house last spring after a state social worker visited responding to a concerned call from someone worried about Nelsen Because he left voluntarily the state worker classified the case as unfounded No criminal charges were filed against Nelsen's roommates Schluter said ' A Dies Moines woman died in January 2000 of septic shock after she was found mired in human waste in her home She had been left there by her housemate Blossom prison ' - In New Mexico a old nursing home resident died in January of an infection caused by 22 bed sores including “one so large you could put your fist into it and bone was visible" said Katrina Hot rum of the state’s longterm care ombudsman’s program “She was unable to scream or ask for help and was left rotting to death” Hotrum said State agencies are investigating her death Michelle Grisham the director of the New Mexico Agency on Aging said her group receives about 8000 abuse complaints each year concerning nursing centers Only eight states have laws specifically addressing abuse of the elderly: Connecticut Illinois Massachusetts Montana Nevada Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Wisconsin according to the National Center on Elder Abuse Iowa uses a dependent abuse law to protect adults ' who rely on the help of others Hildreth said Unifprm reporting methods are needed nationwide before the extent of elder abuse can be realized said Chris Shoemaker of the Florida Depart- - -ment of Child and Family ' Adult Protective Services And the way society views its elderly members can make it difficult to recognize abuse Hildreth said “We tend to think they are adults so they can take care of themselves and they can choose to live how they want” she said 75-ye- state-licens- ed APPhoto John Nelsen 71 looks out the front window of Ns boarding house in Davenport Iowa July 9 2002 Nelsen allegedly was victimized by a younger couple who were his rogmates at another Davenport residence A US Administration on Aging study estimates that up to 1 million elderly are physically abused neglected or finanojally exploited each year But officials acknowledge that is only a guess Uniform reporting methods are needed nationwide before the extent of elder abuse can be realized said Chris Shoemaker of the Florida Department of CNId and Family Adult Protective Services Greenlaw chronicles lobstering Maine island life to No 2 on The New York ' Times' nonfiction PORTLAND Maine (AP) — Linda Greenlaw was one of the North Atlantic's best swordfish boat captains when she quit in 1996 moving to a small Maine island to hunt lobsters It was an abrupt lifestyle change for the woman who became famous as the skipper' of the Hannah Boden in the thriller “The Perhigh-sefect Storm” “The biggest difference is that swordfishing is more of an adventure" she says “I don't say there’s a lot more to it because I think that's ' insulting to lobster fisherman But it's more exciting” If Greenlaw seems wistful for the thrills of swordfishing she also realizes what she has gained by moving to Maine's Isle au Haut — a sense of tranquility closer ties with her family arid a new career as a best-sell- list Greenlaw 41 says the time she spends on her lobster boat and returning home each night helps focus her writing “The lobstering is so different from' the writing — well it's almost therapeutic to get out on the boat" she says In “The Lobster Chronicles” Greenlato ruminates on lobster fishing and everyday life on an island that depends on the fickle creatures for its economic survival Both experiences have their joys and frustrations Much of the book is based on Greenlaw’s 1997 lobster fishing season her first on Isle au Haut a small island with just 40 year-roun-d residents 5 For four years from 1997 to 2000 Maine lobster fishermen set records for volume caught Blit 1997 turned out to be a bad year m Isle au Haut causing financial worries for Greenlaw At the time she was not yet a successful author and all her savings were invested in fish-- as best-selli- ng er author In 1999 she wrote “The Hungry Ocean” about a y swordfishing trip to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland Her second book “The Lobster Chronicles" has risen 30-da- ing gear and her boat the Mattie Belle Greenlaw grew up in Tojp-shabut spent childhood summers on Isle au Haut and she writes about her sometimes hapless attempts to avoid controversy in a com- munity peopled with eccentric she writes about seeing foreign buoys in waters fished exclusively by Isle au Haut m characters “There’s something really unique about islanders and quirky no doubt" she says “I could have written a fairy tale about the island but It Would have been so unrealis-tic- ” One contentious issue on Isle au Haut is how far lobster fishermen should go in keep- ing outsiders from invading their turf Greenlaw believes island fishermen should protect their lobster stocks and their turf even if it means illegally cutting lines and destroying valuable gear that belongs to competing fishermen At one point in the book ' ' au Haut for decades “There's a reason that these people live on this island and it’s not because they like conflict” she says “There’s not an islander (hat I know who would go out and 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