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Terrie Morgan-Besecker
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Reporter, Scranton Times-Tribune
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By Terrie Morgan-Besecker| Scranton Times-Tribune Verified Freezing for weeks in her room with only a blanket caked in feces and urine, Susan Wade suffered extreme frostbite by the time her grandson called an ambulance to their Carbondale Twp. home. Doctors couldn’t save the 70-year-old’s left foot toes and had to amputate. Unquestionably, the March 2021 case is disturbing, said Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell. But it is not an isolated incident.
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker| Standard Speaker Verified Two Luzerne County officials are calling on the county to investigate a disproportionately low number of elder abuse cases being reported to and substantiated by the Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Area Agency on Aging over the past six years. State data shows that from fiscal years 2016-2017 to 2021-2022, the agency received an annual average of 396 reports of elderly abuse, or 44 for every 10,000 residents age 60 and above, the second-lowest rate in the state.
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker| Scranton Times-Tribune Verified Freezing for weeks in her room with only a blanket caked in feces and urine, Susan Wade suffered extreme frostbite by the time her grandson called an ambulance to their Carbondale Twp. home. Doctors couldn’t save the 70-year-old’s left foot toes and had to amputate. Unquestionably, the March 2021 case is disturbing, said Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell. But it is not an isolated incident.
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Scranton Times-Tribune
The Scranton Times Tribune online is the source of news and information for Northeast Pennsylvania; providing local and breaking news, sports, wine reviews, dinner recipes, road construction, and traffic alerts. We are Pennsylvania's best source for election news. Named Pennsylvania's Best Overall Newspaper in 2012 as per the Society of Professional Journalists. Won first place for Spot News Reporting on "Superstorm Sandy" and second place for online reporting for "Superstorm Sandy" from the 2013 Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors. Like us on our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thetimestribune Follow us on Twitter! @timestribune
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