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Couple Accused of Exploiting Elderly Man With Dementia, Selling His Wedding Ring
Two people are accused of intimidating an elderly man into letting them live in his house.Peachtree City police said William Porter, 55, and Ericka Porter, 51, took advantage of the man's mental...
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Linda Kincaid Reports: Public Experts Discuss Elder Abuse by Monterey County...
The December 9 and 10, 2013 annual conference of the Southern California Public Health Association hosted public health authorities discussing the latest in policy and best practices. Speakers and...
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Florida Celebrates Five Years of Silver Alerts
Florida’s Silver Alert plan is five years old. The Silver Alert program sends out statewide alerts shortly after a senior with Alzheimer's or related dementia goes missing. Since Silver Alerts began,...
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Three Former Funeral Directors Indicted on Theft Charges That Could Put Them...
Three former owners of funeral homes in Girard and Niles each face possible jail sentences of 20 years for purportedly stealing thousands of dollars from customers at their businesses. Robert J....
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Multiple Arrests Made After Investigation of Columbus,GA, Care Center
New details have emerged about the poor conditions inside a Columbus senior care facility. The Facility Director of Loving Care Senior Citizen Home was arrested on Dec. 4 on multiple charges. According...
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Manchin,Rockefeller Introduce National Silver Alert Act
Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller want to take West Virginia's Silver Alert program nationwide. Manchin and Rockefeller, along with four other senators introduced the National Silver Alert Act...
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Appeal of $10,000 Fine to CA Facility for Leaving Suicidal Patient Unattended...
A federal appeals court has upheld a $10,000 fine against a skilled nursing facility for leaving a suicidal patient unattended, who then walked out of the facility and killed himself.The U.S. Court of...
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Blind NJ Woman Left in Limbo by Cracks in Social Services
Leila Laufer is a legally blind but otherwise healthy 77-year-old who has just learned she falls between the cracks of different government programs that offer help to the disabled and the elderly. She...
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Judge Proves Money Can Buy Injustice for Rich Texas Teen
One of my law professors once told our class: I'd rather be rich and guilty than poor and innocent. Maybe he was right. In Texas, in the courtroom of Judge Jean Boyd, not only can the wealthy afford...
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New Mexico Nursing Home Company Agrees to Fine for Obstructing Efforts of...
A company that manages two nursing homes in Santa Fe has agreed to pay a fine and change its practices after admitting to obstructing the efforts of a state ombudsman that investigates resident...
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Linda Kincaid Reports: Elder Abuse and Deprivation of Rights by Monterey...
Monterey County Counsel Cathleen Giovanni demanded that Patricia Conklin, daughter of conservatee Margarita Zelada, sign away her civil rights or lose a lifetime of personal property and family...
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Marie Long, a Widow 'Protected' into the Poorhouse, Gets Some of Her Money...
The elderly widow wasn’t asking for much. Just a little protection so she could live out her life as she’d planned. So that she could go out to lunch with friends or buy a new hat or new teeth....
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Despite Inaction, Washington State Seeks More Time on Fix for 'Boarding'...
When a Pierce County judge declared last spring that it was unconstitutional to put involuntarily committed residents in emergency rooms, officials successfully pleaded for a delay in the ruling so...
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Passaic County woman charged with stealing $84K from long-term care facility...
A business office manager at a long-term care facility in Wayne was charged in an indictment Wednesday with stealing $84,000 from the facility, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Traci Meyers,...
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Former CA Judge Who Stole From Elderly Neighbor Barred from Ever Working for...
A former Alameda County Superior Court judge who pleaded no contest to criminal charges that he stole more than $1 million from an elderly neighbor while acting as if he was looking after her affairs...
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Former PA Guardian ad Litem, Danielle Ross, Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge
A Lackawanna County attorney who was investigated for her handling of child custody disputes pleaded guilty Monday to tax evasion, bringing to a close one chapter of an investigation into the county's...
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Attorney Hopes Ohio Amish Family Can Return Home Soon
An Ohio Amish couple who fled their home with their 11-year-old daughter so she wouldn't be forced to get chemotherapy could be home for the holidays but not without a favorable decision from a judge,...
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OH Judge Delays Decision on Guardian's Request to End Effort to Forced Chemo...
A judge in Ohio isn't ready to rule on whether a court-appointed guardian can drop her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy.The delay comes because the judge...
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Mary and Francis Leuschner - Massachusetts Victims
I am an only child, adopted by my parents when I was an infant. I am also the only living heir to my parents’ modest estate, their home in Dedham, Massachusetts. I was living in Indiana when my Mom...
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Oregon public guardian, conservator program could be created by lawmakers
Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-PortlandVulnerable, low-income Oregon adults could obtain a public guardian and conservator through a statewide program that lawmakers might create in February. Oregonians who...
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