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Daughter pleads not guilty to financial exploitation
A Byron woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she financially exploited her mother. Kathleen Marion Studnicka, 46, was charged Dec. 5 in Olmsted County District Court with two felony...
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Dr. Mark Lachs: Addressing Capacity Assessment
Your elderly mother was just discharged from the hospital and needs a bevy of home care services if she's not to bounce back like a bad check: visiting nurses, physical therapists, delivery of...
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Disability Is No Excuse to Deprive One of Civil Liberties
The guardianship system in this country raises serious concerns. That's why the guardianship trial of Jenny Hatch, a vibrant and active 29-year-old in a battle over who controls her life, struck such...
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Guardian angels make life better for disabled
Diane Ragsdale, left, looks over the award she received from Judge Claudia Laird for her service during the inaugural Guardian Angel Day reception honoring guardians, court visitors and attorneys ad...
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Task Force will grant special wish to York County senior
ELIOT, Maine — The York County Elder Abuse Task Force was created to help all York County senior citizens, but this year, its new Wishing Well program will grant a lifelong wish for one lucky York...
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Judge puts some Murray Center residents under court-appointed guardian
A judge in Clinton County issued an injunction Monday that puts some residents of the Warren G. Murray Development Center under the custody of a court-appointed guardian, rather than the state,...
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Lauderhill caregiver accused of exploiting elderly Fort Lauderdale woman
Caregiver Louise Simo was arrested and accused of stealing and pawning … (Broward Sheriffs Office,…) A Lauderhill woman was arrested Wednesday and accused of stealing and pawning up to $100,000 worth...
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Montclair banker guilty in client thefts
Linda Foss, the former branch manager at a U.S. Bank on Mountain Boulevard, was fired for taking funds out of an elderly customer's account. A banker who once led a merchant group in Oakland's...
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Elderly Abused at 1 in 3 Nursing Homes: Report
Reports of serious, physical, sexual and verbal abuse are "numerous" among the nation's nursing homes, according to a congressional report released today. The study, prepared by the minority...
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Jenny Hatch in her new life
Jenny Hatch in her new lifeJenny Hatch in her new lifeNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) - WAVY.com brings you an update on Jenny Hatch, a 29-year-old Newport News woman with Down Syndrome, who won a custody...
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: Minnesota Courts Sanction Guardian Ordered End of Life
In what has to be a predatory guardian's wish list come true, the Hennepin County District Court of Appeals, just sanctioned the ending of inconvenient lives on behalf of the guardians. Claiming in...
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Man on probation for exploiting the elderly is arrested again in Davie
A man serving 15 years probation for exploiting the elderly found himself back in a Broward jail cell Thursday accused of taking advantage of another elderly man, court records showed. John Quick, 52,...
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Luzerne caregiver accused of taking at least $258K from elderly woman
A Luzerne woman is facing theft charges after prosecutors say she stole more than a quarter-million dollars from an elderly woman for whom she was supposed to be caring. Sharon Mae Jacobosky, 70, is...
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Linda Kincaid Reports: CMS Reminder: Access and Visitation Rights in...
July 15, 2013 Center for Medicare Services (CMS) took a giant leap toward curbing elder abuse and protecting personal rights of long term care residents. On June 28, 2013, CMS issued the following...
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Burleigh to share in guardianship costs for adults
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Burleigh County Commission earlier this month approved pooling with the North Dakota Association of Counties to help fund a short-term program for public guardians of...
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N.C. lawyers oppose increased secrecy in disciplining judges
The groups who say they were ambushed by the N.C. legislature this year have new members: some of the state’s most prominent judges and leaders of the legal community. Judges and lawyers normally fare...
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'Bad mothering' attorney faces state discipline
Court ruled Barrington lawyer bilked client of $500,000 An attorney who once helped his adult children sue their mother for emotional damages because of a poorly chosen birthday card and a subpar...
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Fresh fraud charges for ex-Morris County investment adviser
A former Morris County woman previously accused of bilking clients of her unregistered investment advisory firm has been hit with a fresh set of theft and fraud charges, the state Attorney General’s...
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Editorial: Bill that cloaks judicial discipline process is wrong
Something smells bad in Raleigh regarding legislation the General Assembly passed in its closing hours that closes to public view the discipline process for state judges.The bill concentrates power for...
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State court of appeals reverses ruling that prevented guardians from ordering...
Legal guardians have the authority to order their wards to be disconnected from life support, according to a state Court of Appeals ruling Monday that said the end-of-life decision shouldn’t be...
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