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Task force will take a new look at stopping elder abuse

LANSING, MI (MPRN)--   Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to roll out a task force Monday to develop a strategy to deal with the problem of elder abuse. 

Kelly Rossman-McKinney is the Attorney General’s communications director. She says an estimated 73,000 older people in Michigan are victims of some type of elder abuse. She says that number is probably on the low side because the scope of the problem isn’t known yet. And she says it takes many forms.

“Physical abuse, financial exploitation, emotional abuse, neglect, or seniors who actually stop taking care of themselves,” she says.

Rossman-McKinney says the task force will include experts on elder abuse, as well as Republicans and Democrats from the Legislature and the Michigan Supreme Court. She says the group may ask the Legislature to adopt new laws to help combat elder abuse.