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Elder care lawyer warns seniors of rising financial scams
Baby Boomers are getting older and, unfortunately, are targets of financial scams, said attorney Martin Fogarty, a specialist in elder law and estate planning."Senior financial abuse is on the rise and...
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Florida Bill, SB1226, Seeks to Stop "Cockroaches" From Preying on the Elderly
A Senate panel on Thursday unanimously approved a bill aimed at protecting Florida seniors from predatory “professional guardians,” described by one lawmaker as “cockroaches.”The bill (SB 1226), filed...
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Going Home: Linda Kaye Bous
Thanks to the sunshine of the Sarasota-Herald Tribune, Linda Bous was freed from guardianship and got to go home - unsure what she find when she got there, but knowing she wouldn't find her beloved...
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Steve Miller: 'Jared Shafer's Law' May Be About to Lose Its Teeth
A current Nevada law inspired by Jared E. Shafer prohibits out of state relatives from looking after the person or fortune of their loved ones living in Nevada in the event a Clark County Family Court...
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Steve Miller: Jared E. Shafer, Las Vegas Private Guardian and His Judges Fall...
Elderly and disabled people being robbed of their assets by sociopathic private guardians with the help of crooked family court judges. This all sounds like the plot for a sequel to the B movie...
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Rana Goodman: Guardianship Bill S262 Finally a Reality
This is a link to the complete bill that is intended to replace the existing guardianship bill. As I have said all along, although many changes need to be made to the Family Court system, removing the...
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Terri and Rick Black Take Concerns About Guardianship to Carson City Nevada
A family fighting to get their elderly father back home may soon get help from the state. Just weeks after a Contact 13 investigation, the Nevada Attorney General is hearing from families who believe...
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: Gerald's Story: Nursing Home and Drug Abuse of an...
Patrice Gilgan joins us this evening to expose the abuse and drugging of her father at the hands of doctors and nursing home workers in two different facilities in Orange County, California. The...
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Judicial public access committee has no public members, won’t answer questions
The Colorado Judiciary’s Public Access Committee, which has no members of the general public on it, is scheduled to finalize rules about access to judicial administrative documents in April, years...
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Ohio Supreme Court: New guardianship rules start June 1
Court-appointed guardians across Ohio will all have to follow the same set of basic requirements starting June 1 as they manage the affairs of Ohioans who are deemed unable to care for themselves —...
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Bill would ban nursing home inspections in court cases
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One patient choked to death, another claimed he was raped. WREG has uncovered new and very disturbing details about problems at a local nursing home.The On Your Side Investigators also...
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Attorney discipline: 7 punished in South Florida
The Florida Supreme Court disciplined 7 South Florida attorneys in recent actions brought by The Florida Bar. The actions:•Herbert Wingfield Biggs, of Jupiter, was suspended for one year, effective 30...
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Illinois Representative David Harris Introduces Three Bills in the 2015...
During the 2014 legislative session, Representative David Harris (R, 53rd District), working with NASGA Director Sylvia Rudek, introduced HB5573, a bill aimed to empower and strengthen Power of...
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Watching Out For Our Wards
Understanding the pitfalls and positives of guardianshipTo those who haven’t witnessed it first-hand, guardianship may sound like a heroic assignment in which bigger, stronger, more seasoned protectors...
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Bill to increase mandatory retirement age for judges advances to House
HARRISBURG – A bill to amend the state constitution and raise the mandatory retirement age for Pennsylvania judges from 70 to 75 has taken another step closer to reaching the voting booths this...
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House advances guardianship bill
TALLAHASSEE A House bill that would expand the oversight of professional guardians in Florida cleared the Children, Families and Seniors subcommittee today. The bill (HB 1225), sponsored by Rep. Larry...
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2015 White House Conference on Aging - New York Listening Session
WHO: New York State Office for the Aging, the Association on Aging in NY, AARP New York WHAT: A New York Statewide effort to inform the White House Conference on Aging WHERE: TBD WHEN: Thursday, March...
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Elder abuse definitions updated with House-approved proposal
A bill aimed at improving responses to elder abuse victims got unanimous support from the Ohio House today. House Bill 24 would update Ohio’s current definitions for elder abuse, which are “...
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Why Elder Abuse Is Everyone's Problem
What you're about to read makes me angry, because it's a true story. A story of elder abuse.[In 2010], prosecutors in Seattle charged Christopher Wise with the murder of his mother, Ruby. His crime?...
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Cher Promises To Help 96-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Return Home
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A judge says a 96-year-old woman whose late-life marriage to a 95-year-old beau made national news should be returned to her longtime northern Virginia home after the musician Cher...
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