Three, including former Rideout CEO, arraigned in elder abuse case
The former CEO, a former nurse and chief quality officer of Rideout Memorial Hospital entered not-guilty pleas in Yuba County Superior Court on Tuesday to criminal charges regarding alleged abuse of an...
View ArticleLinda Kincaid Reports: Elder abuse in California conservatorships: Conference...
The 2014 Southwest Conference on Disability discussed elder abuse of conservatees by unethical conservators. Discussions focused on unlawful imprisonment and forced isolation of vulnerable elders with...
View ArticleDying In America: Care Should Be Kinder
Editor's note: This article is part of a year-long project about aging well, planning for the changes aging brings and shaping how society thinks about aging. Last week’s release of the Dying in...
View ArticleLorain attorney faces possible disciplinary action
LORAIN — Former Lorain Law Director Mark Provenza is facing potential sanctions from the Ohio Supreme Court’s disciplinary arm for allegedly failing to provide legal services for two of his clients and...
View ArticleKane's office begins punishing workers in porn email scandal: report
A Pittsburgh newspaper is reporting that Attorney General Kathleen Kane has begun punishing some of the reported 30 current employees implicated in a pornography-sharing ring under her predecessors.The...
View ArticleFinancial exploitation case against Perry County coroner set for trial
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The financial exploitation case against Herbert Miller is headed to trial next month. Miller -- who has served as Perry County, Missouri, coroner since 1995 -- was charged in January...
View ArticleUnmasked: How California’s largest nursing home chains perform
Bonnie Nidiver of Paradise holds a photo of her late husband, Eugene, 88First of three parts One nursing home chain operating in California racked up abuse complaints last year at a pace seven times...
View ArticleLegal and Financial Exploitation of Elders
The pitfalls of involuntary guardianship can cost you: your civil rights, your life savings, your right to live where and how you wish, yours or your children's inheritance and your familial...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Censures Attorney Goan
Crystal GoanGreeneville lawyer Crystal Michelle Goan was publicly censured on Oct. 17 by the Supreme Court of Tennessee at Nashville.A news release issued Oct. 21 by the Court's Board of Professional...
View ArticleEx-guardian's death leaves void for elderly, disabled
Last year's death of Jeffrey M. Schend, a former Appleton guardian, effectively ended the criminal case that accused him of living lavishly off the elderly and disabled people he was sworn to...
View ArticleStudy: 1 in 5 nursing home residents abused
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The horrific possibility that their loved one has been abused in a nursing home can dawn on family members after the appearance of an unexplained cut or bruise.Now, researchers say...
View ArticleArchangels of Justice Speak Out Against Guardianship Abuse
Source:YouTube: Guardianship Abuse is not FunnySee Also:Facebook: Archangels of JusticeJudicial Destruction of Dorothy WilsonSource:NASGA Member Diane Wilson's Mom, Dorothy Wilson, Tricked and Dumped...
View ArticleSuspect in KC fraud case wants Georgia judge arrested
Generally, when you’re suspected of a federal crime that could send you to prison for decades, staying on the good side of judges is prudent.Actively antagonizing them is rash.But somehow, Freya D....
View ArticleEx-Arlington attorney gets 20 years in prison
Tiffany LewisFORT WORTH — A disbarred Arlington attorney who had also worked as a municipal judge in Dallas is going to prison for pretending to be a lawyer.Tiffany Lynn Lewis received a 10-year...
View ArticleUnmasked: Who owns California’s nursing homes?
Marisa & Dane ConoverSecond of three parts.Marisa Conover of Fair Oaks built her career dealing with complicated people and problems. As a former executive with CBS Records International, she...
View ArticleAttorney General Kathleen Kane disciplines 61 in pornographic email case
A spokesman for Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Wednesday that 61 current staff members were found to have been participating in offensive and pornographic email swap rings that violated internal...
View ArticlePart 3: California falls short in disclosing nursing-home ownership
Charlene HarringtonLast of three parts.Ten years ago, Pat McGinnis took the state of California to court.As head of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, McGinnis was peeved that state...
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