Be sure both to build a network of friends and neighbors to check in on you and to look out for those around you.
"More than half of the 10,000 substantiated reports of elder abuse made in Virginia last year were attributable to self-neglect, according to the annual report of the Adult Protection Services Division , part of the Virginia Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The report covered the year ending June 2014..."writes Prue Salasky. Read more here http://www.dailypress.com/health/dp-nws-evg-elder-abuse-report-20150526-story.html
-Dan