Elder abuse....Mickey Rooney testified before congress today on this subject,

[Skidmore]

as did several others. They testified before the very body which is actively engaged in elder abuse of its own. When it denies incomes to the elderly and withdraws funding for services for the elderly, it does nothing less that commit abuse.

[pacalo]

1. Good luck with that, Mickey.

[sasha031]

2. here is the link

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/mickey-rooney-told-shut-13040266

[Mojeoux]

3. Go Mickey!!!!

[handmade34]

4. rec

[one_voice]

5. ***MODS PLEASE COMBINE THIS THREAD WITH THIS ONE ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x543221 as it was posted first...but this one has a little more info. Thanks...

The 90-year-old actor told the Special Committee on Aging that he had been mistreated and financially abused by his stepson and the man’s wife. "If elder abuse can happen to me, it can happen to anyone," he said, urging the senators to act swiftly to help other victims.

Just last month the actor and World War II veteran, who has racked up more than 300 movie credits and an honorary Lifetime Achievement Oscar, was granted a restraining order against his
stepson and his stepson’s wife. According to court documents in the California case, Chris and Christina Aber took control of Rooney's finances and in effect kept him a prisoner in his own home.

"My money was stolen from me," Rooney told the Senate panel. "I was eventually stripped of the ability to make even the most basic decisions. ... My daily life became unbearable."

Rooney then had words for the estimated 2.1 million Americans believed to be victims of elder abuse or neglect: “You are not alone. ... You have nothing, nothing, to be ashamed of."

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http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1103/mickey_rooney_seeks_senates_help.html


Elder abuse is a horrible thing. America should be ashamed of the way it treats it's elders. :cry: :grr:

[elocs]

6. Posted in GD 20 minutes ago. Not far below this on the Latest page:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x543221

[Little Star]

7. Something needs to be done to stop that shit Chris Aber.

What a piece of scum!

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Mickey's most recent wife, Jan, is the mother of Chris and Christina Aber.

Where was she during all this and how could her children have hidden this from her? And if Mickey tried to tell her, why did she believe her children over him?