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Class action lawsuit filed against Blythe Post Acute
BLYTHE - A Blythe nursing home is one of 11 throughout California that has been sued as part of a class action lawsuit.The lawsuit, filed September 21 in Orange County Superior Court, claims that...
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Letter: Protect the elderly
Dear Editor:I would like to address your article about phone and email scams targeting Santa Monicans by Nicholas Salazar. Although the article was written as a public awareness article, I feel the...
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7 powerful photographs of terminally ill patients living out their final wishes
Before 54-year-old Mario passed away, he had one special goodbye he needed to say ... to his favorite giraffe.Mario had worked as a maintenance man at the Rotterdam zoo in the Netherlands for over 25...
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NY Using $300K in Funding to Crack Down on Financial Exploitation of Older,...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state will use a $300,000 federal grant to crack down on the financial exploitation of older and vulnerable adults.According to the governor's office,...
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Experts offer tips on how older residents can protect themselves from...
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaIt happens too often — elderly residents being targeted by people they trust.Last week, 42-year-old Mark Eldridge was accused of stealing around $4,000 from an...
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Overmedicated and Misinformed
Oldie but GoodieThe use of antipsychotic drugs on the elderly has sparked a series of lawsuits and criticism from reform groups and advocates fighting for better regulation and enforcement.According to...
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Workshop set in St. Augustine to help older residents avoid scams
Posted: October 2, 2015 - 11:47pm A workshop on avoiding financial exploitation is scheduled for older residents and their family members and caregivers, according to a news release from the state’s...
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Justice Department and the Corporation for National and Community Service...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 30, 2015Today, the Department of Justice, through its Elder Justice Initiative and its Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Corporation for National and...
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Convicted guardianship lawyer died of suicide, attorney says
By Lucas Sullivan &Mike WagnerPaul S. Kormanik, a Columbus lawyer who was convicted of bilking people he was paid to protect, was found dead on Monday morning in his Upper Arlington home. The...
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Anti Depressant Drugs Can Cause Violent Behavior
By Kelly Patricia O’MearaSeptember 22, 2015That’s what mainstream press such as the LA Times and Reuters are reporting, based on a new study published in a respected medical journal, PLOS Medicine,...
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Abbeville woman pleads guilty to exploiting elderly mother
An Abbeville woman received a 5-year prison sentence Monday after she pleaded guilty to the financial exploitation of her elderly mother.Court records show 49-year-old Karen Elizabeth LaRoche pleaded...
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Dead lawyer's family gets to keep his illegal proceeds
The ill-gotten proceeds of a convicted pension fund lawyer will go back to his family – not Detroit retirees – because he died while appealing his conviction, a federal judge ruled today.Citing a...
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Kansas panel recommends second suspension for judge Timothy Henderson
The state disciplinary panel wants the state Supreme Court to suspend the judge for 30 daysA state disciplinary panel has recommended a second suspension for a Kansas district court judge who was...
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Driven to death by phone scammers
The phone calls wouldn't stop.The man on the other end of the line made promises of a big payoff: millions of dollars in prize money. But first the IRS needed $1,500 in taxes, he insisted, then the...
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New ‘Right-to-Die’ Law May Boost Hospice, Palliative Care Numbers
By Mary Kate Nelson | October 6, 2015 The passage of so-called “right-to-die” legislation in the nation’s most populous state may lead to an increasing number of people taking advantage of hospice and...
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Palm Beach County Florida Guardianship Fraud Hotline
Using the Guardianship Fraud Hotline, you can anonymously report potential incidents of financial fraud or waste involving court-appointed guardianships over elderly, minor children and incapacitated...
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Conference to focus on growing need, challenges for guardians for elderly...
BILLINGS -- With Montana's population aging rapidly — a quarter will be 65 years or older by 2030, making it the fifth oldest state in the U.S. — the need for services for that population is growing as...
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Hearing scheduled for man accused of ripping off incapacitated brother in...
By Michael Goldberg LANSDALE >> The case of a 65-year-old Philadelphia man arrested over the summer for allegedly writing checks from the account of his brother — who was incapacitated and a...
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Woman charged with stealing from the elderly
Thursday, October 8, 2015By JONATHON DAWE A former bookkeeper at Crowley Ridge Healthcare Center in Dexter, Missouri, was arrested Monday and charged with financial exploitation of the elderly. Sandra...
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Man sentenced to 20 years for exploiting 85-year-old woman
Willie Norris WilliamsA Dothan man received a 20-year split sentence, with three years to serve in prison, after he pleaded guilty to the financial exploitation and elderly abuse of an 85-year-old...
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