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Thursday, September 13, 2007

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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:31 PM
Subject: [Elder Abuse] New comment on Tennessee Won't Let Elder-Abusers off the Hook.

Dawn has left a new comment on your post "Tennessee Won't Let Elder-Abusers off the Hook": Thank you for posting this article. I'm looking for the amendments to the Tennessee elder abuse law, but have not been able to find them yet. If you know where I should look please let me know. Thanks!

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Dear Dawn

Thanks for writing in E.A. hope the followin post is of help to you.

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Elder Abuse Warning Signs

1) Power of Attorney given or recent changes of will when the person is incapable of making such decision.
2) Placement in nursing home or residential care facility which is not commensurate with alleged size of estate.
3) Missing personal belongings such as art, silverware or jewelry.
4) Deliberate isolation of an older adult which results in the caregiver having total control.
5) Sudden changes in bank accounts or banking practice, including unexplained withdrawls of large sums of money by a person accompanying the elder.
6) Abrupt changes in Real Estate Deeds or other Financial Documents.
7) Sudden appearance of previously uninvolved relatives claiming their rights to an elder's affairs and possessions.

Spiritual Quotes -

Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long."

John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

1 Corinthians 13:12-13 "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Romans 13:8 "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another."

Leviticus 19:32 "Rise in the presense of the aged, show respect for the elderly."

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 "For the sake of respect, honor, veneration and indeed pride is said to be of ... superiors like the father and mother, and in cleanliness, simplicity, and nonviolence."

Other Notables Quotes

Robinson Jeffers "The heads of strong old age are beautiful beyond all grace of youth."

Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC) A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

Carol Matthau There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you.

Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946) "Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."

Gloria Pitzer About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.

"Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions."

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