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FBCSO: 7 special needs children kept in horrific conditions
RICHMOND, TEXAS - A Richmond couple has been charged with keeping seven special needs children locked up in a filthy bedroom of their home for more than a decade.Paula Sinclair, 54, and Allen...
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Antipsychotics linked to increased fall risks for SNF residents, study confirms
Psychotropic drugs, including antipsychotics and antidepressants, can increase the risk of falls among nursing home residents, a recently published study asserts.Previous research has shown a link...
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Illinois Lawyer Falsifies Hundreds Of Mortgage Loans, Now Owes Feds $10 Million
An Illinois attorney is liable for more than $10 million for filing falsified documents with the government concerning 237 defaulted mortgage loans.Robert S. Luce signed Department of Housing and Urban...
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4 quit after Oklahoma veteran with maggots in wound dies
Owen Reese PetersonTALIHINA, Okla. – Four staff members have resigned from a southeastern Oklahoma veterans facility rather than face the possibility of getting fired, after a resident was found to...
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Former investment firm president sentenced
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man who was the former president of an investment company has been sentenced to five years of probation for financial exploitation.The Daily Journal newspaper...
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Eviction notices posted on retirement home doors shock seniors
WESTWOOD, Calif. -- Flossy Liebman is a collector of clocks, but she’s losing time. The 95-year-old says she and the roughly 200 others at Vintage Westwood Horizons senior living center are being...
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Zia Credit Union Strives To Curb Elder Financial Abuse
David WoodruffOn Wednesday of last week, the Senate Special Committee on Aging called for tougher state actions to prevent elder abuse by guardians – and in a 2011 MetLife study, it was suggested that...
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Locked On The Psych Ward
Lock them in. Bill their insurer. Kick them out. How scores of employees and patients say America’s largest psychiatric chain turns patients into profits. Samantha Trimble Rosalind Adams / BuzzFeed...
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Probate attorney abandons office, clients; Nevada Bar expected to file for...
LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — A local attorney who handles people's money has suddenly gone missing.The Nevada State Bar has told News 3 they will soon be filing to have him suspended from practicing law...
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Anemia in Seniors: What to Look for and How to Treat It
Decades ago when my grandmother was alive and living with my family, a public health nurse would come to the house once a month and give her a vitamin B12 shot. While I remember this well, it didn’t...
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VA leaves Veteran's body in shower room; tries to cover it up
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Bay Pines VA hospital staff left the body of a Veteran in a shower room for over nine hours, then tried to cover it up.U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) released a...
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Minn. nonprofits seek to overhaul legal guardianship system for vulnerable...
Steve Allen & Candace Hanson-JohnsonAs the final moments of their date night ticked away, Candace Hanson-Johnson burrowed her face into the chest of her longtime fiancé, Steven Allen, and begged...
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GAO contends CMS website falls short in comparing nursing homes
Nursing Home Compare, an online resource provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, enables consumers to research and compare nursing homes using a rating system. However, an audit by...
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Elder Abuse in Maine – Part 2
Click to ViewFrom physically to financially, 33,000 Maine seniors will be abused this year. Most of the time by family members.Behind each one of them is a story of anguish, pain and devastation.When...
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Elder Abuse in Maine – Part 1
Click to ViewIt’s a sobering fact – more than 33,000 Maine seniors are abused each year. That covers everything from physical abuse to financial exploitation. As hard as it is to hear, most of that...
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'No contest' J. Patrick Buckley says to theft and fraud
Disbarred Fort Myers attorney J. Patrick Buckley pleaded no contest to one count of grand larceny of more than $100,000, four counts of practicing law without a license and one count of scheme to...
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BREAKING: Private Guardian April Parks Found Guilty Of Fraud, Theft, And...
Written by Steve Miller Date: 12-14-2016LAS VEGAS - For the first time in the history of Clark County Family Court, a private for-hire guardian has been found guilty of Fraud, Theft, and Conversion of...
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New hope in bid for Claudia law
A NEW law to give families greater control over the affairs of missing people could be introduced next year in honour of Claudia Lawrence.Claudia disappeared on her way to work at the University of...
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Authorities consider criminal investigation of suspended Las Vegas attorney
Robert GrahamBy JEFF GERMANLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALLaw enforcement authorities are discussing whether to investigate allegations that suspended probate lawyer Robert Graham stole millions of dollars...
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Family sees first victory in guardianship case
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Victims of Clark County's guardianship system can celebrate a first-of-its-kind victory this week.Elizabeth Indig lost her home and everything in it -- furniture, a lifetime of...
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