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Four Charged in Virginia Nursing Home Fraud Case
Four former officials of a now-defunct southwest Virginia nursing home have been charged with defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by operating the facility without sufficient personnel and supplies....
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Celebrate! Judge Rules Public Guardian (Jeanan Mills Stuart) is NOT Immune...
A circuit court judge has ruled that a Hendersonville woman placed in a conservatorship without her knowledge can sue Davidson's former public guardian for not acting in her best interests.In an 8-page...
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Learning to Embrace Empowerment in the Last Chapter of Life
~by Jeanne Dennis, Senior VP at VNSNY Hospice Care.It was Georgia's* 90th birthday party. Unlike several of the other guests (who were at least two decades younger), she was lively, bright and full of...
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How to Choose a Hospice
~by David Casarett, M.D.Ben Hallman's June 19 HuffPost blog paints a stark and scary picture of today's hospice industry. Hospice, he warns us, is big business. And it seems that business is booming....
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Dying Man's Wish to Return to the Forest Comes True
A former forest ranger at the end of his life had one wish: to return to the outdoors. Ed, a hospice patient at Evergreen Hospice in Kirkland, Washington, hadn't been outdoors in years because his...
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Is That Hospice Safe? Infrequent Inspections Mean It May Be Impossible to Know
Inspectors showed up at a hospice agency here in March 2012, and then issued what amounted to a 161-page catalogue of end-of-life neglect.A woman dying of liver cancer, battling nausea and breathing...
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Montana Judge Suspended Over Rape Case Opposes Suspension
A Montana judge who made disparaging remarks about a teenage sexual assault victim and issued an unusually light sentence to her attacker last year is asking the state's Supreme Court to withdraw his...
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When Advance Directives Are Ignored
In the final two years of her mother’s life, Lisa McAllister started carrying copies of her mother’s do-not-resuscitate and power-of-attorney forms in her purse and her car. Her mother was cycling...
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Court-Appointed Guardianship Program is a 'Huge Injustice'
A Medina woman says her life has been nothing but stress ever since a judge appointed an attorney to oversee her husband’s medical affairs.Former Medina County Probate Judge John Lohn in 2011 declared...
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Floating Wheelchairs - What a Great Idea!
Entering the beach water, let alone floating or swimming, has always been a dream for people with disabilities, but not any more.Dubai’s public beaches in Al Mamzar and Jumeirah have become the first...
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Summit County (Ohio) Probate Court Launches Volunteer Guardian Program
Last week, Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer of the Summit County Probate Court announced the formation of a volunteer legal guardian program to bolster the ranks of attorneys representing the growing number...
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Documentary: ALIVE INSIDE
ALIVE INSIDE is a joyous cinematic exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity.Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing...
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Florida Judge Who Punched Attorney Returning to Bench
A Florida judge accused of punching an assistant public defender during an altercation outside a courtroom is returning to the bench but in a different capacity.Brevard County Court Judge John Murphy...
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Mixed Reactions on Proposed Rules for Ohio Guardians
Judges, advocates and attorneys in Ohio cannot seem to agree on how to fix a broken system meant to protect the elderly and disabled from abuse and exploitation.The subject of a yearlong Dispatch...
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California Disbarments for July 2014
CRAIG T. WORMLEYSTANLEY LEWIS EVANSJENNIFER MARIE URQUIZARAYMOND ORTIZ BUENDIACARL WILLIAM NYMANMATTHEW HOWARD POWELLDIANE M. TRZCINSKIBRYAN CHARLES BECKERFull Article, Additional Information, and...
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New Jersey Wants to Take an Elderly Man's Home for a Casino That Went...
A glitzy casino once praised as a way to revitalize Atlantic City has filed for bankruptcy. Again.Currently losing $2 million a week, the Revel Casino Hotel filed for bankruptcy last week. With almost...
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Private "Guardians" Jared E. Shafer and Patience Bristol Sue Blind Man for Libel
On April 10, 2014, private “guardians” Jared Shafer, his former employee Patience Bristol, Shafer’s business Professional Fiduciary Services of Nevada (PFSN Inc.), PFSN office manager Amy Deittrick,...
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: Corruption in the Court: The Hunting of Seniors and...
Tonight's show will start with a discussion on civil rights vs natural (constitutional) rights. Also called [civil liberties] the difference is major. Also, Cary-Andrew Crittendon will be calling in...
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11 Lawyers Disciplined in South Florida
The Florida Supreme Court disciplined 11 South Florida attorneys in recent actions brought by the Florida Bar. Five were disbarred, four suspended and two reprimanded.Full Article, Names of Attorneys...
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Former District Court Judge Angus McGinty Speaks for the First Time Since...
A former district court judge is speaking for the first time since being indicted on 15 federal charges of corruption.Angus McGinty had his first appearance today in federal court.The charges against...
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