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My Mother Lives in the Backyard: The Granny Pod Evolution
If that’s your answer to queries about where your elderly mother lives, you and your mom are part of one solution for the looming problem of how to care for America’s rapidly aging population, which is...
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Polley waives hearing in financial scam cases
A former funeral home owner, charged with stealing from customers, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday and allowed the case against him to proceed.Toby Polley, 47, is charged with five...
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Firefighter trusted his gut, likely saved nursing home from disaster
Firefighter Brian SeversFirefighter Brian Severs was struggling just to get a correct address from the 911 caller. Another voice came on the line, explaining that the nursing home resident who called...
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Women with dementia receive less medical care than men, study shows
Female dementia patients are more likely to take potentially harmful medication and receive less health monitoring than their male counterparts, according to a new study.Research published online on...
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12 Engaging Activities for Seniors with Dementia: Reduce Agitation and Boost...
Engaging activities help seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementiaEveryone needs to feel engaged and entertained. Just because someone has Alzheimer’s or dementia doesn’t mean that need disappears.But...
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A nursing home giant stumbles amid expansion
The nursing home’s linen room reeked of urine. Some residents’ rooms were so grimy, a state inspector’s shoe came off when it stuck to the floor, according to a report investigators filed in May about...
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System protects the incapacitated, kin
Census projections estimate 20 percent of the population will be over the age of 65, with 19 million persons over 85, by 2030. Millions of families are currently struggling with elderly family members...
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Articles on guardianship left out many critical facts
The Journal recently published a series of front-page articles on guardianship, using the story of Blair Darnell as the central focus.The reporter who wrote the story was not able to obtain detailed...
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New Mexico Guardianship Association committed to improving the system in New...
Since the New Mexico Guardianship Association’s creation, we have been committed to improving guardianship in New Mexico.The New Mexico Guardianship Association is dedicated to its mission to ensure...
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Editorial: Guardianship system needs accountability
“We are faking it. We pretend like we have a guardian system and there’s nothing in place.”– Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-AlbuquerqueA 2008 audit of ongoing guardianship cases found problems with “25 to...
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Family’s guardianship experience shows a system out of control
Regarding Diane Dimond’s series, our sister started this guardianship stuff and, yes, it has spiraled out of control.A very similar chain of events has started, with court proceedings the same as your...
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Ohio ranks 30th in elder-abuse protection
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the share of U.S. adults aged 65 and older expected to comprise more than a fifth of the entire population by 2029 and 23 out of 24 elder-abuse cases going unreported every...
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COMMENTARY: Protect elderly from holiday scams
The typical Texan’s bank account takes a hit during the holidays, with gifts to give, parties to attend and travel. But for far too many older Texans, the economic jolt felt this time of year takes on...
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Warning: Guardianship Can Take A Toll On Advisor’s Psyche
There are favors a financial advisor can safely do for a client or a client’s family without a second thought. Becoming a guardian is not one of them.“Becoming a guardian is not a role to be accepted...
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86 Year-Old Grandpa Learns to Knit So He Can Make Premature Babies Tiny Hats
At 86-years-old, Ed Moseley picked up a meaningful hobby: knitting. The retired engineer learned his new skill after a nearby hospital in Atlanta reached out to his assisted living home asking people...
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Elder financial abuse costs millions in Virginia, state report says
Tough to see and tough to prosecute, the financial fraud and abuse that hits Virginia's elderly and incapacitated adults amounts to more than $28 million a year but could exceed $1 billion, a new state...
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2 Philly judges removed from bench for ethics violations
Two more Philadelphia judges have been kicked off the bench, the latest development in an FBI probe of judicial corruption here.The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline ruled on Friday that...
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Prosecutors in Tri-Cities trying to stop growing cases of elder abuse
SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – About one in ten Americans over the age of 60 have experienced some form of elder abuse, according to the National Council on Aging. We found out before now, there wasn’t...
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Indianapolis Attorney, Special Needs Trust Fund Trustee Arrested On Lawrence...
(BEDFORD) - An arrest has been made after the launch of an investigation late last September at the request of the Lawrence County Prosecutor's Office. Indianapolis Attorney Kenneth Shane Service, 43...
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Supreme Court Orders Public Reprimand of Lawyer Whose Wife Stole $2M From...
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued the following disciplinary decision on December 15:In the Supreme Court of GeorgiaDecided: December 15, 2016S16Y0825. IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL ANTHONY EDDINGS.PER...
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