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Guardianship Alternative: National Resource Center for Supported Decision...
Everyone has the right to make choices!The National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making (NRC-SDM) builds on and extends the work of Quality Trust's Jenny Hatch Justice Project by bringing...
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Best and worst states to grow old in
The state of your golden yearsThe U.S. elderly population has grown exponentially in recent decades. The number of Americans 65 and older grew from 35 million in 2000 to 41.4 million in 2011 and to an...
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Doctor admits taking kickbacks for prescribing risky drug
A suspended doctor pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of taking kickbacks and other benefits from a pharmaceutical company to prescribe its risky antipsychotic drug for thousands of his...
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Senior citizen says guardianship left her 'absolutely broke'
Lin McDowellSome people call it the "silver tsunami." America's population is aging and with it more and more of our parents and grandparents are falling victim to exploitation.Seventy-four-year-old...
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Mississippi judge indicted for 'hitting a mentally disabled man while yelling...
A Madison County Justice Court judge has been indicted and arrested over allegations he struck a mentally disabled man and used racial slurs while working as a security guard at an event in Canton....
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Accused of bilking elderly client, man withdraws guilty plea
A former financial adviser accused of stealing money from an elderly Meadville woman withdrew his guilty plea Friday morning before Crawford County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Anthony...
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Rickhoff’s probate mantra: Don’t trust anyone over 85
Four years ago, in an estate hearing involving an 88-year-old World War II veteran, Probate Court Judge Tom Rickhoff made a dubious proclamation.“The statistic,” Rickhoff said, “is that everybody in...
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Massive Financial Exploitation and Theft in Montana Case
Financial exploitation and theft of patients by caregivers amount to not only crimes of theft punishable under the law, but also amount to a disturbing moral and ethical financial exploitation in which...
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Elder abuse task force receives Senate OK
PIERRE — State senators agreed Thursday that a task force should be created to study elderly abuse in South Dakota.Sen. David Novstrup, R-Aberdeen, said Chief Justice David Gilbertson was asked and...
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Former Robertson County District Attorney Indicted
FRANKLIN - Former Robertson County District Attorney John Paschall is out of jail on $30,000 bond.Paschall turned himself into the Sheriff's Office Wednesday afternoon. He was indicted earlier in the...
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Facing Suits, a Nursing Home in California Seeks Bankruptcy
A California nursing home fined by the state for substandard care and facing multiple lawsuits by patients and their families has taken the extreme measure of filing for bankruptcy protection in the...
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Chief judge calls for grand jury reform during annual speech
Chief Judge Jonathan LippmanNew York's Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman proposed a number of changes to the state court system Tuesday including grand jury reform, improving indigent criminal defense and...
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Nurse charged with putting hot sauce in patients’ mouths
OCALA, Fla. — A central Florida woman has surrendered her nursing license after she was charged with placing hot sauce into the mouths of two sleeping dementia patients.Tracie Nellis was charged last...
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: America's Elderly - Drugging, Shock Treatments and...
Join us as Bruce Wiseman, U.S. President of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, talks with us this evening about the hidden abuse of America's elderly as they fall prey to a system used to...
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Mich. Attorney Suspended For Trying To Have Rival Killed
Law360, San Francisco (February 17, 2015, 6:39 PM ET) -- The State of Michigan Attorney Discipline Board suspended attorney Clarence Gomery's law license Friday after he pleaded guilty to hiring...
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Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver indicted on 3 charges
Assembly Speaker Sheldon SilverNEW YORK (AP) — Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted Thursday on three charges after his arrest in a federal bribery case.The indictment was...
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Burr Ridge Attorney Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison For Stealing...
Kathleen Niew“Accept no loss of principal,” was the money-keeping mantra of an Oak Brook-based attorney and financial advisor, sentenced Tuesday to 70 months for stealing $2.34 million from her clients...
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Probate Court workers demand recognition as state employees
HARTFORD, Conn.— Probate court workers are demanding to be recognized as state employees, hoping to change state law that denies the approximately 300 workers benefits similar to what tens of thousands...
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Six Central Florida attorneys disciplined
The Florida Bar announced the latest round of attorney discipline action in the state, and six of 22 attorneys on the list are from Central Florida.Two of the attorneys, Terrence L. Dowdel of Orlando...
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Health care worker gets 45-day term for exploitation
A Minneapolis woman convicted of taking advantage of a Rochester woman she provided home health care for has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and restitution.Danielle Marie Johnson, 31, was charged in...
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