Why You Should Care

Here I have reposted a section of SaveGrandma/org's webpage. It's called why you should care. It's easy for everyone to go through their day to day lives and be unaware that elder abuse happens. Even if they are aware, it's easy to forget and to think it doesn't affect me.... until the day it does. So, even if something like this is not directly in your life you should care. Please take a moment to read the following.

"In Germany, they first came from the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

-MARTIN NIEMOELLER , PASTOR AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST"

Comments:
We all have parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, a disabled or elderly friend or neighbor, or someone in our lives who can be put into a situation falling under the broad category of elder abuse and exploitation. We also will all be part of the senior citizen community some day. This needs to stop now. This is about the security of your families and friends, and the security of your future and future generations. Trust me, this crime hurts families at their core and scars people for life. Make sure there is always people to speak up by speaking up.