10:04am

Thu August 25, 2011
Science/Health

"Apathy" Biggest Problem for Elderly

Credit James Mann / Winchester Sun
Kentucky state Sen. R. J. Palmer answers one of the questions posed to him and the other state legislatures participating Tuesday in a forum on aging at Rose Mary C. Brooks Place.

Of all the issues facing the elderly today, Kentucky Commissioner of Aging and Indpendent Living Deborah Anderson said apathy is the one that she fears the most. “It’s actually apathy that scares me to death,” Anderson said. The commissioner spoke in Winchester at a panel discussion about senior citizen issues.