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Granny who ditched cancer treatment for cross-country road trip dies
MARIETTA, Ga. - Norma Jean Bauerschmidt, the grandmother who has embarked on the ultimate journey following a devastating loss and learning she has cancer, has died. She was 91.Miss Norma, as she liked...
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Disbarred Longwood attorney arrested on federal fraud charges
Julie Kronhaus, a former Longwood attorney, was disbarredA Longwood attorney accused of draining hundreds of thousands of dollars from the trust accounts and businesses of her clients was arrested...
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NBC2 Investigators: Assisted living facility dogged by bed bugs
Concealed among single-family homes in Naples Park, there's a small residence where people who can't take care of themselves live.Karen Federighi was one of them."I would not want anyone to stay at...
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My sister hid my mom in a nursing home and cheated me out of my inheritance
Dear Moneyologist,For years, my parents depended on me. But my father died and I believe I was cheated out of my inheritance by my sibling. My sister gave my part to her husband. I was told that our...
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Nevada court panel calls for state guardianship overhaul
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has joined calls for lawmakers to overhaul the state's troubled guardianship program that critics say victimizes some of the disabled and elderly people it was...
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New York Lawyer Gets Prison Time for Stealing $5 Million From Clients
Stuart A. Schlesinger, a disbarred lawyerA lawyer who practiced for half a century in New York and built one of the city’s leading personal injury practices was sentenced to six and a half years in...
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Department of Public Health Approves Mass Evictions of Eureka Nursing Home...
On September 28, 2016, the Department of Public Health (DPH) gave unconditional written approval to Rockport Healthcare Services to implement its revised closure and relocation plans for Seaview,...
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State Health Dept. finds deficiencies at nursing home where woman, 82, died...
The Delaware Avenue nursing home where an 82-year-old woman suffered fatal injuries in a beating in late August has been cited for four deficiencies, and the operators’ plan to correct the problems has...
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Judge Bars Estate Recovery From Metro
By Walter F. Roche Jr.A senior Nashville judge has dismissed a $515,907 claim against Metro Nashville government filed in behalf of the estate of a man whose assets were depleted by $771,009 thanks to...
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Federal Register Update: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of...
A rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAGENCY:Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.ACTION:Final rule.SUMMARY:This final rule will revise the requirements that...
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NY Sen. Tom Croci’s family dispute hidden in sealed files
A court-appointed evaluator in 2013 found that State Sen. Tom Croci, who chairs the Senate Ethics Committee, had “taken advantage” of his elderly aunt for his own financial benefit and recommended that...
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Sealed guardianship cases
In June 2013, Nassau County Judge Angela Iannacci sealed a legal action brought by Dean Hart, now a candidate for State Assembly, to have a guardian appointed for his 79-year-old mother, whose mental...
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Weird Little Tricks to Boost Your Memory
Remember when people used to tie a string around a finger as a reminder to remember something? Unfortunately, that didn’t seem to work too well. The string might help you recall that you meant to...
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The license-to-steal document that everyone needs
BRATTLEBORO—Although not everyone needs a trust agreement, everyone should have a power of attorney, since we do not know what the future holds.A power of attorney is a written document whereby you...
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Nursing home operator from Chicago jailed as feds allege $1 billion scheme
For years, wealthy nursing home operator Philip Esformes seemed to live in perpetual motion, using private jets to travel between his Water Tower Place condominium and his mansions in Miami and Los...
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Alabama Man Jailed on 102 Charges of Theft of $10,000 From 84 Year-Old
A north Alabama man is accused of stealing about $10,000 from his 84-year-old neighbor by illegally obtaining the elderly man's personal information and opening two credit cards in his name.Brent...
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Nursing Homes, Negligence, and Elderly Abuse
On Sept. 28, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule that guarantees patients and their families to nursing homes for abuse and negligence. The new rule bans pre-dispute...
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Peter Falk's Law Designed to Protect Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
For 10 years, Peter Falk brilliantly portrayed Lieutenant Columbo, an LAPD detective of Italian descent, in the hit television series “Columbo.” While wearing his trademark wrinkled raincoat,...
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Part One: THE THREE DEATHS OF DOROTHY E. MILICH
by Debbie (Milich) Mysiewicz“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is exercised under cover of law and with the colors of justice.”U.S. v. Janotti, 673 F. 2d, 578, 614 (3rd Circuit,...
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St. Pete detectives: Suspect stole $126K from 94-year-old man
ST. PETERSBURG -- St. Petersburg Police arrested a 68-year-old woman on Friday, and charged her with stealing more than $125,000 from the living trust of a 94-year-old man.Jane E. Vatelot, 68, a...
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