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Texas Guardians Sue the Department of Aging and Disability Services
After months of protesting and petitions, guardians of disabled Austin State Supported Living Center residents – ordered to transfer their loved ones from the place they call home – have taken their...
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Armengau, 5 other lawyers face misconduct charges
Six Columbus-area lawyers, including one convicted of raping a client, face professional-misconduct charges before the disciplinary arm of the Ohio Supreme Court. The filing of the cases before the...
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Wayne Residents Among Six Home Health Agency Employees Charged with Scamming...
Press release:Six current and former home health agency employees have been charged by the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for scamming Medicaid, Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman...
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MARY ROWAN DENIES FAMILY VISITS TO DYING GRANDMOTHER; NOW CO-GUARDIAN IN...
Family, anguished by guardian Mary Rowan’s refusal to let them visit Nora Rodman, 84, who is dying, contacts VOD after reading Robinson story“My mom died 7 years ago. My grandma is the last piece of...
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Costs for live-in health aides in Bergen and Passaic counties set to rise
It hasn’t been easy for Linda Leeder’s family to honor her 92-year-old father’s wish that he remain in his home, despite his advancing Alzheimer’s disease.To raise money for the live-in aide he...
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Wards of indicted guardian are missing items, relatives say
Julie Crum just wants the couch, rocking chair and riding lawn mower back, because they belonged to her father before dementia and depression overtook him.She’s fighting through Franklin County Probate...
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AL woman pleads not guilty to exploitation charges
An Albert Lea woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to taking money from accounts of at least a half dozen people with disabilities at a local care provider and spending the dollars on marijuana and...
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Babette Bach: Improving guardianship
As the recent articles in the Herald-Tribune's series "The Kindness of Strangers -- Inside Elder Guardianship in Florida" point out, exploitation against our elderly is far too common. The worst cases...
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Happy New Year's Eve! 25 Life Lessons We Can All Use, From a 99-Year Old Very...
When you need advice, you ask someone who knows best. When you need life advice, you go to someone who's seen it all. And who could be better than a great-grandfather with 99 years of life experience...
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2014 Year-End Reflection #5: Guardianship Task Forces
More states are stepping up and committing to special Task Forces to investigate guardianship and court practices, and make suggestions and plans for reform to the legislators and state government. The...
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2014 Year-End Reflection #4: Increasing Media Attention
We are very appreciative of the increasing media attention of guardianship and conservatorship abuse, including the hard-hitting Columbus Dispatch expose, Adam Walser’s ABC Action News I-Team’s...
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2014 Year-End Reflection #3: NASGA Member Ginger Franklin's Suit Against Her...
Jeanan Mills StuartThis lawsuit brings great hope of breaking down the immunity barrier which has insulated and protected many unscrupulous guardians from suit in the past.See:Celebrate! Judge Rules...
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2014 Year-End Reflection #2: Joe Roubicek's New Booklet on Guardianship Abuse
So often when victims tell their story, they are not believed either in part or completely.Guardianship abuse is a reality that is often seemingly so outrageous, it could not happen in America, the...
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2014 Year-End Reflection #1: Money Magazine's Naming of NASGA Director Sylvia...
Sylvia's dedication to NASGA, its members and our cause, and the time she puts in – all volunteer– defines why she was chosen as a Money Hero. She is thoroughly committed to reform of unlawful and...
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Happy New Year!
As this year passes to the next, we pause and reflect on a few of the highlights of 2014, of which there were too many to cover in a short post.And we extend our utmost appreciation to all of our...
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Florida Man Charged With Exploiting Elderly Father
A 51-year-old man has been charged with stealing money from his father, whom he had Power of Attorney.Hernando County detectives say on or around Sept. 22, they received a notification from the...
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Judge Faces Ethics Hearing Over Gifting
A Tulare County judge is facing a hearing over allegations he accused his court clerk in an anonymous letter of an affair and gave her thousands of dollars worth of gifts in violation of judicial...
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Newlywed Man, 95, Dies After Wife Taken Away
A 95-year-old newlywed Virginia man has died just weeks after his 96-year-old wife was taken away by family members to Florida.Eddie Harrison died Tuesday in a hospital after suffering from influenza,...
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Santa Monica Seniors Receive Gifts Thanks To Local Community
Some of the presents that were given to Santa Monica seniors.Staff at the Home Instead Senior Care office in Santa Monica would like to thank everyone who helped with their “Be a Santa to a Senior”...
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Guardianship bill needed
This should be top item on Ohio legislature’s new-year agendaNew court records and testimony accusing an Upper Arlington attorney of taking advantage of his court-appointed wards should galvanize the...
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