Life is a bell curve.  We begin our lives needing assistance and are dependent,  and have restrictions on our actions (ie driving age, voting age, drinking age, etc.) Shouldn't we consider the right (elderly) side of life's bell curve in a similar fashion?  

There are too many instances of the elderly being abused by unsavory sales people and family members for greed and profit.  The elderly have rights, but in many cases there should be new laws put in place to not only insure their rights, but also protect them and others from actions which can bring harm to both them and the public in general.  I would challenge the Register Guard to start a forum and let readers comment on stories of their relatives being taken advantage of by sales people, relatives, etc..  I think once you read those comments it would be clear that we are not being served by current laws that effect the elderly.  Abuse is rampant!!