Sascha Wil­son

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les is call­ing for greater care and pro­tec­tion for the na­tion’s el­der­ly, say­ing se­nior cit­i­zens de­serve to spend their lat­er years in dig­ni­ty and peace, not fear.

Speak­ing at a health and le­gal clin­ic host­ed by the Geri­atric So­ci­ety of Trinidad and To­ba­go (GSTT) at St Bene­dict’s RC Church in La Ro­maine yes­ter­day to mark World El­der Abuse Aware­ness Day, Beck­les high­light­ed re­cent home in­va­sions in­volv­ing el­der­ly vic­tims.