Tears and Terror: The Disturbing Final Years of Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney shrieks in pain. Is he OK? "No, I'm not," he says, choking back tears. It's July 2010, inside The Grill on the Alley in Thousand Oaks, and in the midst of an interview with one of the...
View ArticleTonight on T.S. Radio: Gina - Advocate for Patients' Right in Skilled Nursing...
Guest is: Gina - Advocate for patient rights in skilled nursing facility.Will be discussing SB 1362 -Bill to Amend SS & SB 670 Nursing Home Litigation first half hour of show.In 2010. Gina's...
View ArticleA father’s mission to reform reporting on abuse of disabled
BETHLEHEM— In what Michael Carey is calling a Walking Tall for Justice Tour, he is pushing public officials to reform policies for reporting abuse of disabled individuals.Carey will spend the next...
View ArticleSeminole man accused of stealing nearly half million from elderly mother's...
Richard Alan KessPINELLAS COUNTY -- A Seminole man is accused of stealing almost a half million dollars from his elderly mother while trustee to her estate.Detectives say Richard Alan Kess, 65, became...
View ArticleAtlantic County caseworker gets five years for bilking elderly clients
William Price was supposed to be helping older people as a caseworker for Atlantic County Adult Protective Services.But on Friday, the Linwood man was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing...
View ArticleNewsChannel 3 viewers take action for woman scammed by phony workers
Norfolk, Va. - A heartbreaking story has a happy ending thanks to our viewers! An elderly woman was scammed out of thousands after she hired men to do work on her house. When Lynn Defino heard how Mae...
View ArticleFinancial exploitation is a fast-growing form of elder abuse
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Or dinner either. So if you get an invitation in the mail to a wonderful meal where an expert will be discussing an important retirement topic -- such as...
View ArticleAfter state sold all he had, Rockland man hopes for ‘justice’
ROCKLAND, Maine — William Dean said his head has been in a whirl since the state temporarily became his conservator three years ago and sold off one home, destroyed a second, sold off prized...
View ArticleSeniors home brings young and old together
Seniors home brings young and old togetherThis seniors home is bringing together the very young and the very old, with remarkable benefits for both.Posted by CBC News: The National on Tuesday, August...
View ArticleEx-Flanders lawyer charged in theft of $75,000
A now-disbarred lawyer who used to practice in Flanders was charged Friday with using the name of a legitimate attorney in a real estate closing and stealing more than $75,000 in funds meant for the...
View ArticleLawmakers mull eliminating required legal counsel in some guardianship cases
Ty & Laura AndersonFARMINGTON — The day after Ty Anderson turned 18, a mental health professional told his mother she could not longer sit in on his appointments because of federal medical privacy...
View Article2 from West Frankfort accused of taking around $100,000 from elderly woman
Jeffrey ConnellWEST FRANKFORT, IL (KFVS) - Two West Frankfort, Illinois residents are accused of exploiting the elderly.Jeffrey M. Connell, 37, of West Frankfort, was charged with financial...
View ArticleBrooklyn Judge Resigning Amid Questions About Payments to Her Clerk
Yvonne LewisA Brooklyn judge with nearly 30 years on the bench resigned after being accused of improperly approving payments to her clerk for the clerk’s work as a court-appointed lawyer, officials...
View ArticleFormer clerk Kim Birge sentenced to six years in federal custody, ordered to...
By Jan SkutchFormer Chatham County Probate Court Chief Clerk Kim Birge on Friday was sentenced to six years in federal prison and ordered to make restitution of more than $751,000 for her admissions to...
View ArticleFlorida State University to study elder financial exploitation in The Villages
The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partnership with Merrill Lynch and Seniors vs. Crime, will be conducting research on elder financial exploitation in The...
View ArticleKhloe Kardashian 'has zero control over who can visit Lamar Odom in LA...
Lamar Odom's father Joe was livid on Wednesday evening when he was not permitted to see his son, who is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as he recovers from an October 13 overdose at a...
View ArticleSheldon Silver’s corrupt empire falls as cronies exit public life
Sheldon SilverOne minute you’re the king of New York, never mind what Andrew Cuomo thinks, and 10 months later it’s all dust — your lawyers are preparing for a trial that could send you to prison for a...
View ArticleInvestigative Journalist Michael Volpe on "Northshore Live" (Cooper's Corner)
Source:Michael Volpe: Bullied to Death
View ArticleElder abuse
Sadly, many adults who rely on family, friends and others for help suffer at the hands of those entrusted with their care. And too often, they are afraid or unable to reach out for help.Elder abuse...
View ArticleLearning the Unfamiliar Language of Home Care
Jeffrey Interiano & Gayle SnyderGIVEN the tens of millions of people in retirement or about to enter it, it’s surprising how few plan for something most of them will eventually need: help doing...
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