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Woman Stole $87K From Mom in Wayne Nursing Home: AG
WAYNE, NJ — A California woman is accused of stealing more than $87,000 from her elderly mother living in a Wayne nursing home, said state Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino. Pamela M. Land, 68,...
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Families feel steamrolled as estates disappear
Editor’s note: Investigative journalist Diane Dimond, whose weekly syndicated column on crime and justice appears in the Journal, is preparing a book on the nation’s elder guardianship system. It’s a...
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3 Ways to Respond When Someone with Alzheimer’s Says I Want to Go Home
When someone with Alzheimer’s says I want to go homeHearing seniors say “I want to go home” over and over again is something Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers often deal with. It’s especially...
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Elder Abuse Often Missed In ER
FRIDAY, Nov. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- About 10 percent of American seniors suffer elder abuse, yet the problem is often missed in hospital emergency departments, a new study finds.Researchers...
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GAO: Extent of elder abuse from guardians remains unclear
The national extent of elder abuse by guardians is unknown because data are limited on key factors, such as the numbers of guardians serving older adults, older adults in guardianships and cases of...
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10 Simple Ways to Make Your Brain 10 Years Younger
Regular Natural Health Insiders readers know that exercise isn’t just key to a trim, healthy body, but to a healthy brain as well. Now, new studies show exercise may be dramatically more important than...
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Practical Probate: Honoring Powers of Attorney
A common shortcoming of powers of attorney is that Connecticut had no requirement for third parties (for example, financial institutions) to honor them. This is a serious issue because powers of...
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Alzheimer's diagnosis renders Cook Co. judge accused of letting ex-clerk hear...
A Cook County judge accused of urging and allowing a now-fired law clerk to preside over cases from the bench as if she were a judge has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and is no longer fit to...
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Lawmaker: ‘We are faking it’
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino sounds frustrated and weary.He read the Journal’s five-part investigative series on problems within the state’s elder guardian system and observed that of...
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Fixing a well-meaning but flawed guardian system
Editor’s note: The Journal published a five-part investigative report from Sunday, Nov. 27, through Thursday, Dec. 1, about the problems and heartache in the state’s elder Guardianship system.Today,...
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A cannabis marketing company is bringing pot parties to the elderly
In April 2015, Carrie Tice was despairing over her 80-year-old mother’s advancing Alzheimer’s when a caregiver at her senior center in California recommended giving her a topical dose of marijuana....
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El Paso County judge suspended pending disciplinary hearing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (The Gazette) - A nine-year El Paso County judge has been suspended with pay pending a disciplinary hearing before a state judicial commission. Judge Jonathan Walker was...
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Who guards the guardians: Journal series distorts good work of guardians
In a recent series in the Albuquerque Journal, Diane Dimond has painted a remarkably unfair and distorted portrait of the guardianship profession, using a few cases out of thousands to make her biased...
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FSU criminology team tackles elder fraud issues
Dean Thomas BlombergAround the holidays people tend to be in the giving spirit, but there are also scammers well aware of such generosity. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports that...
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Charges dropped against Miami-Dade judge
TALLAHASSEE -- The Miami-Dade judge set to face a criminal mischief trial for destroying a pickup truck using a metal pipe in June escaped prosecution after the charges were dropped.Victoria Brennan, a...
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Who guards the guardians: Series shows caregivers need our assistance
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan GrishamDiane Dimond’s series on court-appointed guardians is horrifying for any of us who are concerned about protecting our loved ones’ rights and independence as they get...
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Elder abuse – Often the kin did it: Feds to collect data.
What kind of people cheat and financially abuse incapacitated older folks? Sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and lawyers – people who act as guardians for their relatives and clients. What can the...
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22 witnesses poised to testify in ex-judge's misconduct trial
David TiddThe Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board plans to call Northampton County's president judge and one of its former president judges to testify in an upcoming misconduct trial. A memo filed Dec....
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Is An Assisted Living Facility Responsible When Employees Coerce Residents...
Managing AttorneyJeffrey SkatoffWritten by Brian Spiro • December 6th, 2016• Probate Litigation, Guardianship Litigation, Elderly individuals move to Florida at a higher rate than anywhere else. As a...
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Suspended Boston lawyer to be arraigned on 26-count indictment
A Boston lawyer allegedly bilked friends, clients, and others out of nearly $250,000 in a series of schemes “fueled by drugs, gambling, and a penchant for the high life,” prosecutors said...
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