The law was named for Shirley Holcombe, who died in 2018 after becoming a victim of forgery by a caretaker, after a campaign by daughter Jo Holcombe.
Following her mother’s death, Holcombe brought the idea for an elder abuse registry to Rep. Victor Gaston, R-Mobile. Seeing it through to becoming a law was an emotional process, she said.RELATED:The law will allow family members to see whether someone being considered for a job involving older adults has ever been convicted of elder abuse, Gaston said.
"We need to have a place where all of the information can be stored in one location," said Smith. "So that nobody slips through the cracks." Elder abuse is on the rise, according to the state, with 11,122 reports of abuse last year including physical abuse, neglect and financial exploitation."Think about the damage one person could do with multiple people," she said. "And that’s just not acceptable."
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