A new law will attempt to fight elder abuse by closing legal loopholes and hiring four people to train those who investigate such crimes.
Experts say that while the law will be helpful after it takes effect July 1, it also will highlight the need for even more people to investigate elder abuse.
That’s because elder abuse tends to be documented more in places where there’s a social worker to investigate. For example, Wyoming’s only designated adult protective services worker lives in Casper, where there were 255 recorded cases of senior abuse last year. Cheyenne, slightly larger than Casper, had just 98 such documented cases.
