Article #15 on Monday's NCEA newsfeed highlights a Washington Post article, "A Hidden Crime", published Sunday, January 27, 2008 by Marie-Therese Connolly, a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and former coordinator of the Department of Justice's Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative.

She will be online Monday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. ET to take questions on her Outlook article, "A Hidden Crime", about the horrible circumstances U.S. senior citizens too often are left in, and what can be done to prevent elder neglect. To link to the discussion visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/schedule/front.html

From the Post: "In addition to declining health, impending mortality and other challenges, too often old age also is accompanied by abuse, neglect and exploitation. ... Consider the travails of socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor. Even her fortune couldn't protect her. Modern medicine helped her live to 105, but her friends and grandson assert that she languished with Alzheimer's on a couch that reeked of urine, subsisting on pureed peas and oatmeal, because her son didn't pay for adequate care; the Manhattan district attorney has indicted him on charges of grand larceny for siphoning off her assets. Even her fortune didn't protect her."

To view the full article, "A Hidden Crime", visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012502774_pf.html