Problems with Nevada Guardian Jared Shafer Began 30 Years Ago...
Pictures were taken and published by the newspaper and no one — not the police or any authority or any county commissioner — was even a little bit concerned.It was the beginning of the year 1996 when...
View ArticleElder Abuse A 'Huge, Expensive And Lethal' Problem For States
An elderly woman who was abused by a relative watches television inside her room at a retirement community in Mason, Ohio. Inconsistent reporting and scarce resources have hampered efforts to combat...
View ArticleWhat’s behind the Blue Ribbon Panel?
The month of May saw the establishment of the Clark County Blue Ribbon Panel Commission on Guardianships in Nevada. The Commission was formed upon testimony from Clark County District Courts’ Chief...
View ArticleCatherine Falk Pushing For Parental Visitation Laws
Los Angeles News | FOX 11 LA KTTVVideo & Source:Catherine Falk Pushing For Parental Visitation Laws
View ArticleGlen Campbell Doesn't Realize He's Never Going Home Again
With his “aw shucks, ma’am” charm and velvety voice, Glen Campbell was a legendary country and pop-music singer, guitarist and Hollywood hot guy. But now, friends and relatives tell me, he languishes...
View ArticleOne Year Gone: Metro Detroit Man Loses a Year Trapped in System; Highlights...
(Press Release) FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 12, 2015– Tom Nithyanand has lost a year of his life he will never get back, trapped in Michigan’s guardianship system and leaving his family asking one...
View ArticleAttorney: Dothan lawyer guilty of bad accounting, not theft
Deborah Seagle JordanProsecutors in the trial of a former Dothan attorney charged with stealing money from a trust account meant for a client told jurors Monday the case is simple.Deborah Seagle Jordan...
View ArticleNew Family Court Judge Puts Immediate Stop To Elder Abuse And Exploitation By...
After a barrage of shocking news articles by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, KTNV TV Contact 13, and The Vegas Voice, Clark County Board of Commissioners Chairman Steve Sisolak scheduled a special...
View ArticleGina's Story of Alleged Abuse in a Skilled Nursing Facility
On June 15, 2015, Gina called into TS Radio, Host Marti Oakley & Debbie Dahmer on World Elder Abuse Awareness day. Gina is in a skilled nursing facility. Gina alleges neglect, verbal abuse...
View ArticleWhite House Conference on Aging or a Summit on Seniors?
The White House has announced it will hold its White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) on July 13th. This event is held once every decade, as initially mandated by Congress in 1965.Fifty years in,...
View ArticleGlen Campbell Music Lawsuit
Travis Campbell, son of Billie Jean and Glen Campbell and the other shareholders in Glen Campbell Music prevailed in a Los Angeles Superior Court. The Judge required that Glen Campbell's longtime...
View ArticleElder Abuse Growing into a National Crisis
Do you know what America's "dirty little secret" is? The hidden problem of elder abuse, according to the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL). Here's what you should know about this...
View ArticleClark County Nevada Hearing Master Jon Horheim Continues to Rule on Cases
A nearly year-long Contact 13 Investigation has led to many changes in a system that was supposed to protect our most vulnerable citizens.Chief Investigator Darcy Spears exposed how the guardianship...
View ArticleLos Angeles psychic accused of swindling $220K from elderly Brevard County...
Anna Marie AdamsSHARPES, Fla. —A so-called psychic from Los Angeles has been hauled off to the Brevard County Jail after a woman there lost $220,000, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleWoman charged with exploitation of elderly
Sue Ellen WilkesThe caretaker of an 82-year-old Grand Ridge man has been charged with exploitation of the elderly, accused of taking almost $6,000 from the alleged victim over time.Sue Ellen Wilkes,45,...
View ArticleTrial begins for nursing home employees accused in death of patient who...
By FRANK ELTMAN May 5, 2015 — 8:45pm RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Five employees of a suburban New York nursing home are defending themselves against charges they disregarded alarms for more than two hours,...
View ArticleShow Your Kids Your Will if You Want Them to Inherit Your Wealth
NEW YORK (The Street) -- Some 56% of American parents have a will or living trust document, according to a new Caring.com survey, but 52% of adult children don’t know where their parents store their...
View ArticleSteve Miller: The Story of Elizabeth Indig
Clark County Court records indicate that April Parks' attorney, Lee A. Drizen, was representing a party in a lawsuit against the buyer at auction of Mrs. Indig's house, and should have informed Indig's...
View ArticleSteve Miller: The Fate of Anna Marie Gaule
The fate of the late Anna Marie Gaule was the first published story in my historical record of local guardian abuse.In 1999, I was visited by Thomas Gaule, Mrs. Gaule's only child and living relative....
View ArticleElder Abuse Advocate Shelly Barnett
Part 1 Shelly Barnett talks with investigators about her time she had spent in 3 different skilled nursing facilities. Shelly has paralysis, Shelly is in a wheelchair. She was admitted into the...
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