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Aide Gets 8 Years for Rape of 83-Year-Old Resident at Minneapolis Nursing Home
By Chris SerresA male nursing aide who raped an 83-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison during an emotional hearing in Hennepin County...
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Shocking Ways Airlines Are Mistreating the Disabled
Emily Ladau (Photo: Emily Ladau)It should have been just a routine business trip for Emily Ladau from New York City to Minnesota, where she was scheduled to speak at a disability rights conference. But...
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Beshear orders mandatory national background checks for health care providers...
Governor Steve Beshear today announced that he has signed an emergency regulation requiring certain health care providers to obtain national criminal background checks on new employees and other...
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Tonite on T.S. Radio: Kym Stover "No Place Like Home Documentary"
Hosted by Marti Oakley & Debbie Dahmer"NO PLACE LIKE HOME" documentary on life in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.Kym Stover is a screenwriter, producer, marketer in the film industry....
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Elder abuse going unreported: Council on the Ageing
ELEANOR HALL: The Council on the Ageing is calling for authorities to do more to encourage elderly people to speak up if they're being abused in their own homes. A New South Wales Upper House inquiry...
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Western Springs police blotter: Caregiver charged with financial exploitation
The following items were taken from area police department reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.FINANCIAL EXPLOITATIONMonserosa V. Santana, 43, of the 2400 block...
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Hannibal man charged with financial exploitation
A Hannibal man faces a charge of Financial Exploitation of the Elderly, involving a home improvement scam. The Marion County Sheriff's Office says the victim paid a contractor in advance for materials...
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FOX 29 Investigates: NJ Nursing Home Abuse Allegations
VOORHEES, N.J. - Startling allegations of abuse inside a New Jersey nursing home have family members up in arms.FOX 29 Investigates has the pictures and talks to loved ones. Our Jeff Cole investigates...
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Woman pleads guilty to exploitation of vulnerable person
NATCHEZ — A Natchez woman will spend time in prison and have to pay nearly $44,000 in restitution for her role in the embezzlement of funds from an elderly woman under her care.The funds were...
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Introduction to Guardianship and Alternatives
In the summer of 2013, a young woman named Jenny Hatch won a landmark legal battle protecting her right to make her own life decisions using supported decision-making instead of being subjected to...
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Mickey Rooney Stepson Settles Elder Abuse Suit FOR MILLIONS
EXCLUSIVE Mickey Rooney's stepson now concedes he owes the famed actor $2.8 million for allegedly siphoning off a ton of money from Mickey's financial accounts, but there's a GIGANTIC catch.Christopher...
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Book: Creating Moments of Joy
Jolene Brackey has a vision. A vision that will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease and focus more of our energy on creating moments of joy. When a person has short-term memory loss,...
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The Lonely Death of George Bell
They found him in the living room, crumpled up on the mottled carpet. The police did. Sniffing a fetid odor, a neighbor had called 911. The apartment was in north-central Queens, in an unassertive...
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Recommended Website: Probate Sharks
Our mission is to expose and remedy corruption in the Probate Court of Cook County, Illinois. We assist, educate and enlighten families of the dead, the dying, the disabled and the aged to better...
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Skilled Nursing Facilities - A Definitive Checklist For Dementia and...
"Your loved one has dementia." These are words no one ever wants to hear yet, every day, many hear this awful news from a loved one's medical care provider.Each day, families are faced with the...
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Respect Your Parents in Their Old Age
An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45 years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window.The Father asked his Son, “What is this?” The Son...
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Protect nursing home patients and families
South Pasadena Convalescent Hospital was decertified by federal regulators in JanuaryBy Henry A. WaxmanSpecial to The BeeImagine your elderly mother had a stroke and upon discharge from the hospital...
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Nevada's top judge wants permanent oversight of guardianship system
Chief Justice James Hardesty By Colton LochheadLas Vegas Review-Journal Nevada's top justice wants to form a permanent Supreme Court committee that would monitor and analyze the state's troubled...
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Board to decide whether to charge justice in email scandal
Michael Eakin is being investigated for his role in an explicit email ringHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The board that investigates misconduct allegations against Pennsylvania judges said Tuesday it will soon...
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Email To Attorney Could Lead To Discipline Of Broward Judge
(Credit: Thinkstock)TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A Broward County circuit judge could face disciplinary action after a series of events that stemmed from an email to an assistant public defender. The...
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