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Jensen led way on Peter Falk Act
My name is Catherine Falk, the daughter of the late Peter Falk, best known for his role as Lt. Columbo. I had the honor to work with Sen. Phil Jensen who sponsored our Falk-NASGA Right of Association...
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Senior Care Facilities With World Class Art
Artworks by Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, Marc Chagall and Alex Katz adorn the walls. There is a fabric and paper collage by Romare Bearden, and a drawing by Diego Rivera. A corridor is lined...
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Oklahoma: Adult Protective Services Offers Training
Adult Protective Services in Pontotoc County will commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 22 with a local effort to raise awareness about elder abuse and neglect in our community.Adult...
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Richard Simmons Hospitalized for ‘Bizarre’ Behavior After Two-Year...
Richard Simmons was reportedly hospitalized for “bizarre” behavior on Friday, June 3, just three months after his close friends raised concerns that he was being held hostage at his Hollywood Hills...
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Quebec couple must pay $1.2 million in damages to estate of 97-year-old man...
In 2003, Albany Duhaime, 87, was distraught over the death of his wife of 34 years while they were on a trip to France. Alain Satgé and Liliane De Vries, Duhaime’s longtime friends, offered to help...
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Former Caretaker arrested for forgery and exploiting an elderly man
DECATUR – Decatur Police say they arrested a 51-year-old Decatur woman after family members told authorities she was taking advantage of their elderly relative.Jo Ann Vinson was arrested after reports...
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Administrative Tribunals: How the Constitution Is Neutered
by Marti OakleyJune 2, 2016NOTE: I am not, and have never claimed to be an attorney or an expert in the law. But, after reading through various legal doctrines, interpretations, SCOTUS rulings and...
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Crimes against the elderly a growing Kentucky concern
In state fiscal year 2015, Adult Protective Services investigated nearly 46,000 reports of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation in Kentucky. Yet, despite the fact that a growing number of elderly...
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Arkansas judge is investigated for sex abuse, misconduct
Wynne, Ark. • For many male defendants in Judge Joseph Boeckmann's courtroom, the initial deal seemed simple enough: The judge would approach them after court, either himself or through a bailiff, and...
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Florida guardian charges big bucks to protect ward with Alzheimer's living in...
SARASOTA, Fla. - A grieving daughter is fighting against a system that was designed to protect her dad.She regrets the decision of turning to Florida's professional guardian system for help. She says...
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Russellville couple indicted for elder exploitation
RUSSELLVILLE – A local man and his wife are in jail after being indicted for using an elderly family member’s debit card to get money to play bingo.Rickey Joe Murray, 54, Willow Bend Apartments, and...
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Probation for man involved in elderly exploitation case
PRINCETON — A co-defendant in the case of an elderly Princeton man who lost thousands of dollars while being financially exploited was sentenced Tuesday in Mercer County Circuit Court to five years...
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Campbell Falk Bill Tested
Glen Campbell and daughter DebbyCampbell Falk Bill Tested and the Bill WON big time as Debby Campbell-Cloyd was ultimately allowed access for a visit with her father after being denied at the door. The...
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Walk in the Shoes of an Alzheimer’s Patient with this Simulation!
Understanding what a person with Alzheimer’s is going through is an impossible task unless you have been in the same shoes. Attempting to connect and understand the effects of the disease, and how it...
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Stories from the Field - Robin
What is your story? My name is Robin and I have had Cerebral Palsy my whole life. My mother and sister acted as my caregivers until they both passed away several years ago. For the last few years, I...
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Judge dismisses $30mil Medical Malpractice Suit for Mother and Child to...
DETROIT – A $30 million settlement between Henry Ford Hospital and Lennette Williams, negotiated in 1984 to compensate her and her daughter Mailauni for gross negligence in the child’s 1981 birth, was...
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DHR educates citizens on Elder Abuse Awareness Day
On June 15 many businesses and individuals will don their purple ribbons in support of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.This is a day set aside to bring about greater visibility related to adults in...
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Spotting elder abuse topic of public forum in Anniston
New Calhoun Co. DHR director Sam Smith.It can sometimes be hard to tell when the elderly are in danger from abuse or neglect, and harder still to know when to report those dangers, according to the...
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A Day in the Digital Life of Joe Isaac
“I almost cannot exist without a computer and the internet. I feel like I’d be in a Third World country if I didn’t have it.”Joe Isaac was 70 when he started volunteering as a tech teacher at the...
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Change needs to happen to protect seniors from being abused
It was not just the fresh bruises on the 70-year-old patient’s arms and legs that triggered the doctor’s suspicions. The elderly patient had also shut down and averted his gaze when the doctor...
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