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Cops: Nursing home workers duct-taped patient to chair
Lashron Williams and Phygelle BrudentBOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Two Florida nursing home employees are charged with using duct tape to restrain and quiet a patient with dementia. Boynton Beach police said...
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State attorney general praises new law expanding prosecutions of elder abuse
Attorney General Josh ShapiroThe legislation expands prosecutorial powers to go after those who abuse a care-dependent person. Written by Nicole C. Brambila Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro...
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Guardians from Hell: Part 2 Update into Investigation of systemic...
Part 1: Guardians From HellAfter the above article was published detailing elder abuse by professional guardians in Northern Michigan, I visited the Oakland County Probate Court to watch a June 27...
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Release Jean Wahab- an American senior citizen imprisoned for no crime.
In 2016, the Oakland County Probate Court in Michigan took Virginia Jean Wahab- a 94 year old woman away from her family and placed her in Lourdes Nursing Home where she is held against her will....
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Editorial: Mayor's big-hearted bad judgment
Mayor John Tecklenburg should have known better than to loan himself without court permission $80,000 from accounts he controlled as conservator for an elderly former neighbor. Probate Judge Irvin...
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Former guardian of Gatesway Foundation clients charged with embezzlement,...
The former Gatesway Foundation aide also faces exploitation accusationA former court-ordered guardian of adults with intellectual disabilities at the Gatesway Foundation has been accused of embezzling...
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Tonight on Marti Oakley's T. S. Radio: Abolishing Probate and Theft of...
5:00 pm PST … 6:00 pm MST … 7:00 pm CST … 8:00 pm ESTOur guest tonight is Sharon De Lobo. Sharon produced the documentary: "The Unforgivable Truth"...the story of the theft of the family foundation...
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Woman who beat elderly husband with 3-hole puncher sent to prison
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A Cobb County woman is spending the next several years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that she beat her elderly husband with a three-hole punch.Barbara Joanne Long, 69,...
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Trial for woman accused of taking from elderly woman will continue Tuesday
Sandra SteinbergDuring opening arguments in the trial for a woman accused of stealing money from an elderly woman, the defense and prosecution offered vastly different pictures of the relationship...
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Guardianship reforms’ next phase ushered in
With a new law and a million dollars for implementation, top state and judicial officials on Friday publicly ushered in a new phase of reforming the state’s adult guardianship system that aims to find...
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Georgia man indicted for theft, financial exploitation
FLORENCE — A Georgia man has been indicted after police said he sold a Florence woman a car, took payments, but never delivered the vehicle.Joshua William Waddell, 29, 12430 Whiteside Road, Palmetto,...
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The Long Goodbye: When Those With Alzheimer's Need Guardianship
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--The day we can't manage our own lives is one we hope never comes.In Sunday night's Courageous Conversation, KOLR10 explains what happens to those with Alzheimer's who reach that...
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In 'Bellwether,' Judge Rejects Spousal Share for Caretaker Who Married...
The caretaker for a businessman who married him in his final days forfeited her statutory share of his estate because she knowingly married him while he was mentally incapacitated, a Surrogate’s Court...
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Happy Safe Families are Preserved by Uncomfortable Conversations
No one enjoys contemplating later-life and end-of-life planning. For a variety of reasons, many older adults postpone making wills and other directives indefinitely. If they are in relatively good...
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Florida Woman Accused of Killing her Mother After Being Left Out of Her Will
A Broward County woman reportedly killed her 85-year-old mother after she learned she was left out of her will, authorities said.Gabriela Perero, 53, learned she was the only one of her siblings left...
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Home Again - A Guardianship Overturned
THE CASE OF A COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIAN WHO TOOK CONTROL OF AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S LIFE HAS TAKEN A TURN.Jennifer Rodgers walked into a courtroom July 3 and got something that seemed for months to be...
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Tonight on Marti Oakely's T.S. Radio: Whistleblowers With the Archangels of...
5:00 pm PST … 6:00 pm MST … 7:00 pm CST … 8:00 pm ESTWhistleblower's! is brought to you in coordination with Marcel Reid and the annual Whistlblower's! Summit July 29, thru August 1, 2018 in Washington...
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Exploitation charges dropped against 50-year-old in Williston
WILLISTON, N.D. -- A judge on Tuesday dismissed a charge of exploitation of a vulnerable adult just before testimony was set to begin in the trial of a woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars...
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New Mexico Supreme Court: Guardianship System Changes Protect Vulnerable...
ALBUQUERQUE ― Court-appointed guardians and conservators are subject to audits and more extensive reporting requirements under a new state law to help protect vulnerable New Mexicans no longer able to...
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Prison-bound lawyer to pay back over $300K he stole from clients
A Woodbridge lawyer admitted to stealing his clients money, and entered into a plea agreement that includes five years in state prison and restitution of approximately $310,000. Richard Zuvich, 64, of...
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