The Elder Abuse Task Force that was authorized by the 2015 South Dakota legislature is taking shape.

Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed seventeen people to take on the study.

Among them, Sarah Jennings of Sioux Falls. She says it is a chance to compare and update current policies on elder abuse…

 

Jennings says abuse can come in many forms…

 

Jennings, who is also state director of AARP-South Dakota, says elder abuse is hard to track…

 

Jennings says they have not yet set their public meeting schedule.