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Casey Kasem's Wife Jean Kasem Ordered to Appear in Court Over Ailing Star's Care
It is a complicated time for Casey Kasem. The famed radio personality has been battling health problems and the authority of his care has become a very public issue. Kasem, 82, is currently in...
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Former Phila. Judge Willis W. Berry Jr. arrested on corruption charges
Willis W. Berry Jr.'s decision to run his real estate business out of his judicial office got him suspended from his Philadelphia judgeship in 2009, and in April, a real estate deal cost him his...
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Guardian problems prompt call for action
Key lawmakers have said they will take action in the wake of a Dispatch investigation that revealed serious shortfalls in how the state protects children, the elderly and those with mental illness and...
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Alzheimer's roadshow stops off in Ammanford
John Church and Caroline Smith from the Alzheimer's SocietyALZHEIMER’S Society took their information and advice to the people of Ammanford recently as its Dementia Community Roadshow stopped off at...
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Dog Offers Emotional Bond to Seniors in Hospice
The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro, North Carolina, can be a sad place, but one dog is helping to change that. According to the Courier Tribune, Kota is a certified therapy dog that comes by the...
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After a Decade of Litigation, Relief for NYC Adult Home Residents
The spring 2014 issue of the New York State Bar Association’s Elder and Special Needs Law Journal features an article by MFY attorney Jota Borgmann detailing the decade-long litigation that led to a...
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Elder abuse, neglect hits close to home
Anthony CotteyEach day, in our communities, across the commonwealth and the nation, some of the most vulnerable among us, the elderly become victims of abuse or neglect. Often times, it comes at the...
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COMING MONDAY on Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com
DA may have let "guardian" Patience Bristol take the rap for her ex-boss Jared Shafer Was there a secret quid pro quo contained in Bristol's plea bargain? Was Bristol coerced into not incriminating her...
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Video: 'Corrupt Limited Guardian Says She Can't Handle Mental Health...
My autistic son has a limited guardian named Erin Sanford. Sanford is a corrupt, lying attorney that was appointed by the neglectful and incompetent Probate Court of Franklin County, OH. On this tape...
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Measure calls for elder-care facilities to obtain consent for psychotropic...
BOSTON -- Nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Massachusetts would be required to receive informed written consent from a patient's family, guardian or health-care proxy if doctors prescribe...
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3rd World Congress on Adult Guardianship: Putting Personal Autonomy Ahead of...
The World Congress on Adult Guardianship is a grand-sounding name for a gathering of lawyers, judges, social workers and legal guardians from more than 20 countries who have come to a Marriott near the...
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Casey Kasem Hospitalized. Wife Throws Raw Meat at His Daughter
The sad and very public Casey Kasem saga continues.Just days after Kasem’s daughter Kerri was able to see him for the first time since his wife took him out of a California facility without telling his...
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DA May Have Let "Guardian" Patience Bristol Take Rap for Her Ex-Boss, Jared...
When for-hire guardian Patience Bristol was handcuffed and led out of court last Wednesday morning, it may have been one of the luckiest days of her life! Instead of spending dozens of years in prison,...
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Kids-for-Cash Developer, Robert K. Mericle, Reports to Prison
Kids-for-cash developer Robert K. Mericle may be a multimillionaire, but his spending power in the prison commissary will be the same as everyone else: a maximum $160 every two weeks. Mr. Mericle on...
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Brevard judge tells attorney, 'I'll beat your ass,' allegedly throws punches
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Court deputies had to break up a physical fight between a Brevard County judge and a public defender after an argument during a hearing on Monday. Judge John Murphy is accused of...
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Failure to report elderly abuse punishable under new law
DENVER – A new law requiring people to report elderly abuse will go into effect July 1. The elderly are often targets for physical and financial-exploitation crimes.Claire Morgan practically raised her...
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Lawmaker promises fix after KXAN uncovers flawed elder abuse investigation
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A Texas lawmaker saw our investigation that exposed alleged sexual assaults at an Austin assisted living center and the state's admitted failure in investigating the incidents. He now...
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Two home health aides at Hackensack agency charged with submitting bogus...
TRENTON – Two home health aides working for a Hackensack agency were charged with submitting bogus Medicaid bills for services that they never provided, Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said...
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Scandal-Ridden Massachusetts DCF Agrees to Free Justina Pelletier
The Connecticut girl kidnapped by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families and imprisoned in Boston Children’s Hospital for more than year has been cleared to return home by the courts....
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Police identify person shot to death after threatening officer
NORFOLK -- Police said an officer shot 72-year-old Lawrence Faine after Faine threatened the officer with a knife Wednesday afternoon. Faine died as a result.The officer was helping to serve an...
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