Working as a Manhattan prosecutorin the 1990s, Joy Solomon saw the difficulties faced by elderly people who had been abused. Though she could prosecute the perpetrators, she saw little assistance for the victims. Unlike the case of younger people who have faced domestic violence, there were no shelters to provide older adults an escape from their abusers, nor counseling or other help to repair their lives.
Later, while working at the Pace Women’s Justice Center, at Pace University Law School in Westchester, Solomon envisioned a solution: a shelter for older adults who, along with having suffered physical, psychological and financial abuse, were likely to face medical and cognitive problems of aging.
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