Purple flags fly throughout Sonoma County to spotlight Elder Abuse Awareness month

by Pete Young, Bay City News June 21, 2023June 19, 2023

Hundreds of purple flags are displayed on the front lawn outside the Oakley Senior Center in Oakley on June 21, 2019, in recognition of Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Each flag represents one case of suspected elder abuse reported to the county in the previous year. (Glenn Gehlke/Bay City News Foundation)

More than 6,000 purple flags are flying at Sonoma County senior centers, police stations and other locations during June to spotlight Elder Abuse Awareness month, county officials said.

The flags represent the number of reports of suspected abuse in Sonoma County last year, Supervisor Chris Coursey said in a statement.

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