Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Forensic Skills Seek to Uncover Elder Abuse

From Today's NY Times:
Forensic Skills Seek to Uncover Elder Abuse
By Jane Gross Published: September 27, 2006

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The elderly man in the emergency room was covered with bruises, some purple and others fading to yellow. Despite signs of dementia, he told the same story over and over: His wife’s burly home health aide had beaten him. But the health aide and the wife insisted he had fallen. Now it was up to the members of Orange County’s Elder Abuse Forensic Center to decide which story was true.

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