Quinn signs new law to protect elderly, disabled
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says he's signed a new law to better protect elderly Illinois residents and adults with disabilities. Quinn signed the legislation on Monday to create an adult...
View ArticleMaggots Kept Elderly Woman Alive
Auburn, Washington (CNN) - We're learning about a horrifying case of alleged elder abuse near Seattle. Police say the scene was like a horror movie. Responding deputies spent about 10-hours...
View ArticleTonight on T.S. Radio: The Trap of Administrative Courts
Callers are most welcome for this show. Getting sucked into the administrative court system you will find yourself without any rights, faced with a psuedo-judge who either doesn't know the law, or who...
View ArticleLaw ramps up abuse reporting
Although Colorado urges medical and other professionals to report cases of abuse of at-risk elders, it had been one of only three states that did not mandate it.However, starting July 1, 2014, SB...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant lawyer disbarred for stealing money
A Mt. Pleasant lawyer who practiced for 11 years has been disbarred by the State of Michigan Attorney Discipline Board. A hearing panel originally recommended that lawyer Mark J. Tyslenko’s license...
View ArticleMore than 70 charges filed in investigation of cruelty at Ga. Alzheimer's...
Almost two dozen former employees of a Georgia center for people with Alzheimer's disease are facing more than 70 charges in an investigation of cruelty to patients. Georgia Bureau of Investigation...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules Drug Companies exempt from Lawsuits
Drug companies failed to warn patients that toxic epidermal necrolysis was a side effect. But the Supreme Court ruled they're still not liable for damages. July 7, 2013. Washington. In case readers...
View ArticleSt. Joe's "dead" patient awoke as docs prepared to remove organs
Syracuse, NY - Doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center were about to remove organs for transplant from a woman they thought was dead. Then she opened her eyes. She was alive. The state Health...
View ArticleConversation Project testifies before Senate
Cambridge — Harriet Warshaw, executive director of the Conversation Project of Cambridge — a national public engagement campaign supporting “respectful end-of-life care,” participated in a committee...
View ArticleJudge Rules That 'Unscrupulous' Lawyer Must Pay For Ripping Off Friends
Attorney Lawrence Mulligan and his wife were like family to Bruce and Pamela Jalbert of Southbury.Over a 10-year period, the couples traveled together, dined together and often socialized at each...
View ArticlePreliminary hearing set in financial crime case
FORSYTH — A preliminary trial has been set for a man facing charges for financial crimes and theft. Kent Tangeman, 55, of Branson, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing for two counts of financial...
View ArticleArea Organization to Investigate Abuse Against Disabled
Wandtv.com, NewsCenter17, StormCenter17, Central Illinois News- DECATUR-The governor signs legislation to better protect the elderly and disabled from abuse and exploitation. The act is supposed to...
View ArticleCaretaker accused of spending $94K of elderly, disabled man's savings
Investigators say a disabled, elderly man was evicted from his home and near death after his caretaker used more than $94,000 of his money to fund his own lavish lifestyle and left the man, who...
View ArticleNewport Twp. police investigating elder abuse claim
Newport Township police are investigating a report of abuse against a resident at a local nursing home. Police were recently notified about the allegations and have been interviewing employees at...
View ArticleLinda Kincaid Reports: California Senate Judiciary Committee vote to curb...
AB937 & Conservatees' Rights: Senate Judiciary Committee 6/11/13 AB937 will clarify that a conservatee retains basic personal rights guaranteed in the California Constitution. These rights include...
View ArticleAgeism in the Media: An Interview with Emmy-Award Winning Actress, Doris...
"Would you tell Picasso he couldn't paint anymore because was too old?"—that's just the type of treatment that older people are faced with in the media these days, says veteran actor Doris Roberts,...
View ArticleVI Officials Ponder Uniform Guardianship Jurisdiction Legislation
One of AARP Virgin Islands most recent advocacy projects involves helping community opinion leaders and local legislators to appreciate the importance of adopting the national Uniform Law Commission’s...
View ArticleConnecticut Department on Aging Will Better Serve State's Growing Senior...
(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, state Department on Aging (SDA) Commissioner Edith Prague and members of the General Assembly’s Aging Committee,...
View ArticleTonight on T.S. Radio: How Judges Help Attorneys Steal From the Elderly and...
Join us this evening as Richard Kuse, Sassoon Sassoon, and Gary Wildman join the show to talk about the court run grand theft, embezzlement and estate theft, rackets operating in New York State....
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