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Biggest Medicare Fraud in History Busted; Alleged "Mastermind" is Dr. Jacques...
Federal officials say they have taken down the largest Medicare fraud scheme investigators have ever discovered: a $375 million dollar home healthcare scam operating in the Dallas, Texas area. The...
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One Third of Skilled Nursing Patients Harmed in Treatment
One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication error, infection or some other type of harm related to their treatment, according to a government report released today that...
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Consumer Factsheets on Financial Exploitation in Assisted Living Facilities...
Consumer Factsheets on Financial Exploitation (February 2014):Developed in part through a grant from the Administration on Aging for the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), these fact sheets discuss...
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US Supreme Court Won't Hear Ciavarella Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., according to an order posted Monday morning on the high court’s website. The ex-judge’s...
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County Attorney Amends Charges in Guardianship Embezzling Case
A Bayard woman accused of embezzling from state wards now faces nine felony and two misdemeanor charges.Amended charges against Judith (Judy) Widener, 70, were filed Feb. 24 in Scotts Bluff County...
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Man Charged Second Time With Exploiting Disabled or Elderly Person
A Graham man was charged Tuesday with exploiting an elderly person — exactly six months after he was arrested on the same charge in September.Michael T. Shoffner, 44, was arrested at the Alamance...
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Mental Health Inspector Quits Over Deeds Report
State Sen. Creigh Deeds reacted with dismay Tuesday to news that the state investigator probing the circumstances preceding his son's death has resigned.In his resignation letter, G. Douglas Bevelacqua...
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Arizona: ABC15 undercover investigation: Filthy conditions, bed bugs at...
An undercover ABC15 investigation has found filthy living conditions, bed bugs and allegations of resident neglect at a Valley assisted living facility that gets thousands of taxpayer dollars a...
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Texas: Charlie Fink May Get to Go Home!
An elderly North Texas man may be able to go home soon after a hearing took place on Thursday to decide whether or not he should remain in the custody of the state. For more than a week, FOX 4 has been...
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Conservator Appointed for Suspended Lawyer, Lee Acquista
An Erie County judge today ordered a conservator to take over the files of a lawyer whose license has been under a temporary suspension since November.The Disciplinary Board of the state Supreme Court...
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Documentary: "Dementia: The Forgotten Disease"
Alzheimer’s disease not only changes the life of the patient, but also the family and network of dedicated caregivers that surround them. Early-Onset is especially cruel, robbing people of their full...
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An Amazing Village Designed for People With Dementia
Centuries after Shakespeare wrote about King Lear's symptoms, there's still no perfect way to care for sufferers of dementia and Alzheimer's. In the Netherlands, however, a radical idea is being...
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Washoe County District Judge Authors, "Who is Guarding the Guardians?"
The Jason Hanson and Guadalupe Olvera cases are not isolated. The exploitation of the disabled and elderly illustrated in both cases is just the tip of the iceberg in a racketeering enterprise running...
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How a Bank Account Hid a Woman's Death for Years
For years, the payments went out of the woman’s bank account.Nobody batted an eyelid.Bills were paid.And life went on as normal in the quiet neighborhood of Pontiac, Michigan.Neighbors didn’t notice...
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News 4 New York I-Team: Families Outraged After Macabre Nursing Home Death...
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/portableplayer/?cmsID=247655041&videoID=z2KTWE5NSE6k&origin=nbcnewyork.com&sec=investigations&subsec=&width=600&height=360">Families of two Korean...
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Binding Arbitration Unhelpful in Elder Care Dispute
When Karen Fritz retired from a career at Rosauers Supermarkets nine years ago, she began taking care of her aging mother. Soon, it became apparent her mom, Alice Newton, could no longer look out for...
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Arizona: State Launches Investigation After Undercover ABC15 Investigation...
State officials have launched an investigation into an assisted care center for disabled and vulnerable adults after ABC15 exposed troubling conditions at the facility.The Department of Health Services...
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: Guardianship Abuse - New Laws Coming to Protect the...
Marcia Southwick joins us this evening to discuss new laws being promoted in several states claiming to reform predatory guardianships, perpetrated by professional predators operating through and with...
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Woman Charged With Financial Exploitation of Elderly Woman in Her Care
A woman hired to be a caregiver for an elderly resident with Parkinson’s disease is facing criminal charges for allegedly using the 86-year-old victim’s credit cards without her permission, running up...
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Arkansas: How Judicial Misconduct Investigations Work
It’s likely that Faulkner County Circuit Judge Mike Maggio did not have formal notice that a state judicial oversight commission has been looking into allegations of online impropriety.It was claimed...
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