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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'><a href="https://www.wkyc.com/section/ohio"><b><span style='color:#045EA8;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;text-decoration:none'>ohio</span></b></a>,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'>Ohio recognizes June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'>Governor Mike DeWine announced that Ohio is recognizing June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F3F8FC'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'><img border=0 width=1920 height=1080 style='width:20.0in;height:11.25in' id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D64322.52F22BC0"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=articlemeta-label1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Author:</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'> WKYC Staff <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=articlemeta-label1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Published:</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'> 12:25 PM EDT June 15, 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=articlemeta-label1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Updated:</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161616'> 12:25 PM EDT June 15, 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'>Having spent the past few months addressing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and issues of inequality, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is using Monday to turn his attention toward a different issue in the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'>On Monday, <a href="http://as%20one%20in%2010%20americans/" target="_blank">DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted signed into effect an order</a> proclaiming June 15, 2020 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'>According to figures released by the state, elder abuse affects one in 10 Americans. According to the 2018 Census, Ohio has the sixth-largest older adult population in the nation, with Ohioans age 60 and older make up 24.3 percent of its population. Additionally, more than 80 daily referrals of elder abuse are received by Ohio Adult Protective Service and there were 29,824 referrals of alleged abuse, neglect, and exploitation involving Ohioans age 60 and older from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'>According to the state, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services "works with advocates and other professionals to support interdisciplinary collaboration, raise awareness, and serve vulnerable older adults in danger of abuse, neglect, or exploitation." The Ohio Department of Aging and the Office of the State of Ohio Long-Term Care Ombudsman also "provide programs, resources, and advocacy for individuals and caregivers to allow older adults to live free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'>"Protecting our older Ohioans is so very important," DeWine wrote in a tweet. "To report suspected abuse, call #Ohio's statewide, toll-free help line at 1-855-644-6277. If you feel that an older adult is in immediate danger, please call local law enforcement immediately."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>