Jules Good: NDY Recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
…mple, when they talk about the high cost of care for that person, or the struggles that come with moving them into a family member’s home, as is more often the case when structural supports for home and community-based services are absent in communities.[5] Legalizing assisted suicide opens up another avenue for elders to be abused and killed. Finally, older adults may feel pressured to request assisted suicide because, as the Oregon assisted suic…