93.9 The Eagle – The News and Talk of Columbia, MO
World Abuse Awareness Day is Thursday June 15. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says five-million Americans experience elder abuse each year. Secretary Ashcroft tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that some seniors are being abused financially and physically. He encourages anyone with information about elder abuse to call the secretary of state’s vulnerable citizens unit hotline number at (855) 653-7300. Missourians are encouraged to wear purple on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day:
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft presides briefly over the House in Jefferson City on January 4, 2023 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications)
