Our group selected the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S.178) and the bill focuses to improve the justice systems to response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases and to prevent elder abuse and exploitation. Our group chose Congressman A. Donald McEachin and Congressman Robert J. Wittman to talk about the bill. We selected them because they both are representing our state. Congressman A. Donald McEachin is a Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia’s 4th district and is an also politician and lawyer. Congressman Robert J. Wittman is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia’s First Congressional District since 2007. We met a
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Currently, many of our elders are suffering from different types of abuse due to maltreatment including physical, sexual, emotional violence, neglect, and financial exploitation. Elders are vulnerable groups of society that most of elder abuse cases were unidentified and underreported due to diminishing cognitive function, caregiver dependence, and social isolation of …show more content…
We played a role as an educator and advocator while we were lobbying. With the prepared handouts and the meaningful discussion, they seemed more likely to engage with the issues more seriously. I believe that preparing and gathering related information is one of the most important things for a lobbyist. Because of our well prepared and organized information about elder abuse, we were able to affectively and confidently advocate for our elders. Significantly, the resource is the one of main concepts of lobbying that planning and learning is very important step for becoming an effective lobbyist. Elder abuse is not a new social issue but the numbers of elder abuse victims are increasing. Surprisingly, there are still inadequate efforts to implementing the law on the elderly issues. Since older population is dramatically growing, there are inadequate justice systems or laws to protect them from maltreatment such as abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. The bill S.178 must be passed in order to prevent and stop the elder abuse for making better futures for individuals, families, communities, and
Currently, many of our elders are suffering from different types of abuse due to maltreatment including physical, sexual, emotional violence, neglect, and financial exploitation. Elders are vulnerable groups of society that most of elder abuse cases were unidentified and underreported due to diminishing cognitive function, caregiver dependence, and social isolation of …show more content…
We played a role as an educator and advocator while we were lobbying. With the prepared handouts and the meaningful discussion, they seemed more likely to engage with the issues more seriously. I believe that preparing and gathering related information is one of the most important things for a lobbyist. Because of our well prepared and organized information about elder abuse, we were able to affectively and confidently advocate for our elders. Significantly, the resource is the one of main concepts of lobbying that planning and learning is very important step for becoming an effective lobbyist. Elder abuse is not a new social issue but the numbers of elder abuse victims are increasing. Surprisingly, there are still inadequate efforts to implementing the law on the elderly issues. Since older population is dramatically growing, there are inadequate justice systems or laws to protect them from maltreatment such as abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. The bill S.178 must be passed in order to prevent and stop the elder abuse for making better futures for individuals, families, communities, and