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Play
tackles elderly abuse BBC
news online A Scottish charity which
looks after the interests of the country's senior citizens has come up
with a novel way of tackling the sensitive subject of the abuse of the
elderly.
Throughout
next week, Age Concern The
organisation said it had invited an audience of older people to see the
one-and-a-half hour play which will be staged in The
audience will be invited to take part, either individually or in groups,
with the role-plays. Age
Concern Ann
Ferguson, the charity's elder abuse project manager, said: "This
approach to raising awareness of a problem affecting around one in 10
older people in this country is unique to "Experience
has shown that using theatre is an ideal way of tackling difficult issues
and we believe the production will have an immediate effect on the
audience and those involved. "Many
older people who have experienced abuse, either themselves or have
witnessed abuse of others, find it very hard to speak about it. "Using
interactive theatre can help overcome some of the barriers to recognising
abuse and being able to do something about it". Maureen O'Neill, director
of Age Concern Copyright
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