Mickey Rooney warns against financial abuse against seniors in the Senate hearing - Bloomberg

Actor Mickey Rooney. Photographer: Getty Images Jason Merritt /

Actor Mickey Rooney should be said, the legislation Congress to protect seniors against abuse during a hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging happen today.

"My money was stolen from me by a close," said Rooney, 90, an entertainment legend whose credits include the "Andy Hardy" film series and movies such as "Night at the Museum." "J 'were completely and permanently stripped of the ability to take the most basic decisions in my own life. "

Rooney told the other seniors who are victims not to mention how it can have for years. "You're not alone, and you did nothing wrong," he said.

Senator Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Aging, said he was reintroducing the "elder abuse law" today. The bill would establish an Office of Elder Justice within the Department of Justice and enforcement in cases of abuse. Kohl said he would also introduce another law on domestic violence in later life here.

Rooney was given a provisional 14 February to the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles against his step-son, Christopher Rooney, but that night would have physically and financially. Rooney is "extremely afraid of Chris, took control of her personal and financial affairs of Mickey," said the court document.

"The allegations that Mr. But threat, intimidation harassment, shouts and screams are Mr. Rooney bad", but said prosecutor John O'Meara, a partner with Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP in Woodland Hills, California.

Violence can Grow

A 2009 study estimated that 14 percent of non-institutionalized elderly have some form of elder abuse in the last year has seen, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office published today.

"The aging U.S. population, the extent of abuse is likely to increase, said the GAO report. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 65 years or older are almost 20 percent of population 2030, compared to 13 percent in 2008, the study said.

Stronger leadership can improve the federal response to elder abuse, the GAO found. Indeed, programs of adult protection services in states that are generally used for research, detection and prevention of abuse, face "huge challenges" while federal efforts have been "scattered through the agencies "and" had a limited impact, "GAO found.

One in five Americans aged 65 or over by investment fraud, a total of more than 7.3 million people cheated, according to a survey of 15 June, 2022 adults by the Investor Protection Trust, a Washington-based education nonprofit that promotes shareholders.

Investment fraudsters

Forty percent of children, parental age 65 and older reported they were "very" or "some" parents' ability to manage personal finances deteriorate with time concerns led the survey.

To protect seniors from fraud, securities regulators in 22 states to establish a program for health professionals to teach, as the victim of fraud invest locally.

The project will identify health care professionals, such as when elderly patients are prone to abuse investments and how they relate to regulatory authorities, to show the Investor Protection Trust said in a conference call 17 November. The $ 712,000 initiative is funded by fines collected by the participating financial firms found guilty of misconduct, the group said.

Elderly with mild cognitive impairment, those who can not perform daily tasks, but have trouble following medication schedules, and financial management, are a particular concern, said the investor Protection Trust. About 22 percent or about 5.4 million people, 70 years or older are mild cognitive impairment, according to a 2008 study from Duke University.

To contact the reporter on this story: Margaret Collins mcollins45@bloomberg.net New York.