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Manatee Co. judge faces discipline after accepting gifts
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Bill to eliminate requirement for prospective wards' legal counsel in...
Kris FawsonSALT LAKE CITY — A legislative committee voted to hold a bill Wednesday that would eliminate the requirement that young adults with intellectual disabilities be represented by legal counsel...
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Drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease will be available within decade, say...
A treatment for Alzheimer’s disease will be available within a decade and could ultimately be prescribed like statins to prevent the onset of the illness, experts have predicted.Speaking ahead of a...
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Layer of oversight added for adult wards
Judge Charles Williams & Dana YawnSARASOTA COUNTY - As legislatures across the country tackle reforms of a fragmented system designed to protect vulnerable adults who can no longer make their own...
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Seniors and Vulnerable Adults Gain Protection through National Act
Nashville, TN – The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has adopted a model act designed to protect adults 65 or older, and other populations at increased risk of diminished...
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Too poor to retire and too young to die
At the wise age of 79, Dolores Westfall knows food shopping on an empty stomach is a fool’s errand.On her way to the grocery store last May, she pulled into the Town & Country Family Restaurant to...
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Take next step in guardianship reform
Court-appointed guardians are supposed to protect their wards. So it is depressing that somebody needs to guard against the guardians.Yet that is the situation.Last year, spurred on by reports of...
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Health worker charged with stealing from elderly person she cared for
Mia VelaA home health care worker is charged with stealing from an elderly person she was hired to care for, according to a news release from the Bartlett police.Mia Vela, 40, of the 15000 block of...
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Joe Roubicek: The Criminal "Civil Matter"
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” Mark Twain January 1991 – The house was perfect for this sting operation, unoccupied and up for sale by an owner kind enough to lend it out for a...
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Fighting Back Against Isolation: Travis Campbell and Catherine Falk Join Forces
When a loved one is in the hospital, you naturally want to be at the bedside. But what if the staff won’t allow it? What happens when a loved one is wrongly isolated from family and friends?Glen...
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CDC, NCIPC launch first national definitions of elder abuse
What constitutes elder abuse? A new joint effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control has now taken the first step to...
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Doctor convicted of murder for patients' drug overdoses gets 30 years to life...
A judge on Friday sentenced a Rowland Heights doctor to 30 years to life in prison for the murders of three of her patients who fatally overdosed, ending a landmark case that some medical experts say...
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Tanya Tucker fights for Glen Campbell
Tanya Tuckers fight for Glen Campbell is to simply be able to get in to see him and say goodbye. Tucker expresses that wish in an interview that can be seen by clicking this photo.Back in the early...
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Are Conservators Stealing From the Rich
Interview on January 25, 2016 with Patricia Rosen about her conservatorship. Bryan Rosen speaks about the corruption in the system, and the need for oversight.Conservators aren't interested in helping...
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Senate unanimous in support for elderly-abuse protections
PIERRE—A package of protections for elderly people in South Dakota against emotional and financial abuse won approval Wednesday from the state Senate.The vote was 35-0. SB 54 now goes to the House of...
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CA Investigation: Memphis lawyer removed from veterans' cases amid investigation
David MeadowsDavid Meadows' life revolves around bottles of medicine cluttered on his living room end table and a $200-a-week spending allowance the disabled veteran receives from the federal...
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Deputy County Attorney reprimanded
Deputy La Paz County Attorney Karen Hobbs was reprimanded in November by the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme Court for using improper methods in plea negotiations in certain drug...
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Justice Eakin's trial over Porngate emails scheduled for March 29 in Philly
Suspended state Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin will be tried next month in Philadelphia over allegations that he engaged in inappropriate email practices that tainted the reputation of...
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Broward Judge Cynthia Imperato to resign
Broward Circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato, who was facing disciplinary action from the state's Supreme Court over her conduct following a 2013 DUI arrest, will resign by the end of the month, Broward...
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