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OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Maher of Proclaiming the Week of )May 25-31, 1997, as ELDER ABUSE ) RESOLUTION NO. 97/ 245
PREVENTION WEEK in Contra Costa ) !
County ' ) __
WHEREAS, May has been designated as Older Americans Month which is dedicated to actions
-supporting the well being of our senior citizens; and I
WHEREAS, in 1990, the United States House of Representatives' Select Committee on Aging's.
Subcommittee on. Health and Long-Term Care estimated that only 1 in 14 incidents of elder
abuse is actually reported, and the State of California has estimated a 26.5 percent increase in
reports of elder or dependent abuse totaling 39,000 cases; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, Contra Costa County had 939 reports of abuse to the Social Services ,.
Department and to the Office of the Ombudsman; and
WHEREAS, the number of persons over the age of 60 has grown 68 percent in the past 25 years
and is expected to grow another 22 percent in the next 25 years; and
WHEREAS, the Board urges the citizens of Contra Costa County to report and prevent incidents
of elder abuse.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors proclaims the week of
May 25-31 as ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION WEEK in Contra Costa County. .
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON May 20, -1997, by a unanimous vote of the Board members
present.
Mark DeSaulnier, Chair
Jim Ro4ers G ilkema
(Absent)
Donna Gerber Joe Canciamilla
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the Minutes
of said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supervisors affixed this 20th day of May, 1997
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator.
z By \c � /1iJ''�0��
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor
Mark DeSaulnier, District IV