According to Adult Protective Services, from June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024, the agency investigated nearly 11,000 allegations of elder abuse, neglect, exploitation and self-neglect.
"Caring for seniors, I think, is a community issue because these are folks that have cared for us, they have raised us, they’ve supported our community."
Tyler Amundson, the executive director of Big Sky Senior Services, writes that we must start paying a fair rate in order to keep nursing homes open for Montana's senior citizens.
The giving season is upon us and the first thought that usually comes to mind is giving gifts to kids and not seniors. Big Sky Senior Services is a nonprofit organization that’s campaigning for gift cards so that senior citizens may receive a gift this Christmas.