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Abuse of Arizona’s elderly increases as aging population grows

Alejandra Armstrong, Cronkite News//March 8, 2016//

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Abuse of Arizona’s elderly increases as aging population grows

Abuse of Arizona’s elderly increases as aging population grows

Alejandra Armstrong, Cronkite News//March 8, 2016//

Vulnerable and elderly adults have been the victims of abuse, neglect and fraud in nearly 14,000 cases in Arizona, with the number of cases reported in 2015 increasing 19 percent...

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