Newsfeed – Monday, October 28, 2013
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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
NATIONAL, FED week, October 24, 2013
Retirement & financial planning report
http://www.fedweek.com/item-view.php?tbl=5&ID=3803
According to the Senate Special Committee on Aging victims, of financial scam have totally loses approaching $3 billion. The committee warned that financial exploitation continues to be a growing problem, calling for steps including reforms of rules regarding release of financial records to adult protective services and law enforcement agencies investigating suspected cases of elder financial exploitation.
NATIONAL, FOX Business, October 25, 2013
Warning signs of elder financial exploitation
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/10/25/warning-signs-elder-financial-exploitation/
Elder financial abuse has become a growing problem in the U.S. making it harder to protect older people from potential threats by doing due diligence and finding honest financial advisors, the article states. A 2011 study by MetLife showed 51% of the fraud cases are perpetrated by strangers—and their scam tactics aren’t always obvious.
CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles), Easy Reader News, October 24, 2013
South Bay domestic violence agencies confront difficult challenges
Four panelists who work on the frontlines of the battle against domestic violence briefed the lawmakers and members of the public in the audience on the difficulties plaguing their work. Some challenges discussed are a lack of focus on victim services and intervention, survivor housing scarcity, and the shrinking capacity of the court system, which a H.E.L.P. community services specialist said is particularly disadvantageous for victims of elder abuse.
CALIFORNIA (Napa County), Napa Valley Register, October 24, 2013
Daughters plead not guilty in separate assaults on mothers
Two women accused of assaulting their elderly mothers in separate, unrelated incidents on the same day last week have pleaded not guilty in Napa County Superior Court to multiple felonies. One woman allegedly stabbed her 75-years-old mother multiple times, while the other allegedly assaulted her 76-year-old mother.
CALIFORNIA (Oakland), The Sacramento Bee, October 22, 2013
Former Calif. Judge sentenced in elder abuse case
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/22/5841649/former-calif-judge-sentenced-in.html
Former Alameda County Superior Court judge, 58-year-old Paul Seeman, received his sentence Monday as part of a plea deal in which he was found guilty of one count of financial elder abuse and one count of perjury. He was also ordered to pay back the $5,600 that he stole.
CALIFORNIA (San Luis Obispo), The Tribune, October 24, 2013
Al Moriarty, ex-Grover Beach financier loses another bid for lower bail
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/10/24/2749071/al-moriarty-fraud-grover-beach.html
Former Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty remains in San Luis Obispo County Jail with bail set at $5 million after a second failed attempt at a bail reduction. The claims, which vary in amount, allege fraud, elder abuse and breach of contract by not repaying loans as promised and a lack of required security licenses needed to make investments.
CALIFORNIA (Sacramento), The Sacramento Bee, October 22, 2013
Sacramento caregiver to stand trial in death of 88-year-old
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/22/5844058/care-home-owner-to-stand-trial.html
Following a three-hour preliminary hearing, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest W. Sawtelle found sufficient evidence that the Super Home Care facility owner be tried on felony charges of elder abuse and involuntary manslaughter. In addition to the felony counts, the case against the owner moves forward with two special allegations that the elderly victim suffered great bodily injury, and that neglect and abuse caused her death.
CALIFORNIA (Ventura), Huffington Post, October 23, 2013
87-year-old advocate wants to protect seniors from financial abuse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/87-advocate-seniors-financial-abuse_n_4147849.html
Driven by personal experience, 87-year-old June Glasmeier proposed two proposed bills related to elder abuse. Working with retired school principal Larry Hartmann, of Ojai, she wrote a proposed law that would make notaries mandated reporters of elder financial abuse.
MICHIGAN (Coldwater), The Daily Reporter, October 24, 2013
Vulnerable adult cases up
http://www.thedailyreporter.com/article/20131024/NEWS/131029740
Since a June workshop aimed at preventing elder abuse, the number of cases reported to local law enforcement has increased according to Branch County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Mike Gatke — especially in areas of financial concern. A Bronson woman, Linda Hogan, 59, turned herself into the jail and will be arraigned Nov. 4 on charges of larceny in a building, two counts of illegal use of a credit card — all four-year felonies, and victimization of a vulnerable adult, a 93-day misdemeanor.
MICHIGAN (Flint), M LIVE, October 25, 2013
Genesee Township woman sentenced after charged with embezzling money from mother
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/10/genesee_township_woman_sentenc.html
An embezzlement charge against a Genesee Township woman was amended to a lesser charge after she was able to pay back the money. Authorities claimed Lilly stole more than $4,000 from her elderly mother and used the money to pay her own personal bills as well as fund personal vacations.
NEW YORK, The New York Times, October 24, 2013
To combat elder abuse, doormen are enlisted to keep a watchful eye
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/nyregion/doormen-are-enlisted-to-combat-elder-abuse.html?_r=0
The effort to combat elder abuse comes as many buildings have growing concentrations of older residents, in part because the baby boomer generation is moving into retirement. The program, which was developed by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, offers free on-site training and assistance to doormen, concierges, porters and other building staff across New York City.
WASHINGTON (Seattle), Lawyers and Settlements, October 24, 2013
Washington state tough on elder fraud
King County prosecutor Page Ulrey calls the growing number of financial abuse cases “outrageous.” There are two prosecuting attorneys in her office who work on financial elder abuse but she says they need more like five prosecutors to handle the work. Ulrey said that unfortunately she has seen a lot of cases where “victims are so demoralized and devastated by financial exploitation that they often deteriorate, and many of my victims are dead before we get to trial”.
INTERNATIONAL, Las Vegas SUN, October 24, 2013
What to know about global elder abuse and neglect
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/24/elder-abuse-what-to-know/
The Associated Press spent months reporting across formats on elder abuse and neglect for an occasional series, Old World and compiled some of the information in this article. They mention that only a handful of countries legally require the reporting of suspected elder abuse, compared to dozens for child abuse.
INTERNATIONAL (United Kingdom), Express, October 24, 2013
Grandmother with dementia sent to wrong address from hospital in taxi half-naked
A dementia-stricken grandmother was sent home from hospital in a taxi – naked but for a flimsy bed gown during a rainstorm, the article states. Medical staff also gave the driver the wrong address for the 76-year-old woman, who was alone, and could not tell the driver where she lived.
INTERNATIONAL (United Kingdom), Mail Online, October 25, 2013
Manager who oversaw ‘institutionalised abuse’ at care home where4 five pensioners died of neglect was handed new job by firm that took it over
The manager of a care home where five pensioners died of neglect was handed a new job looking after the same home by the firm that took it over, it emerged today.
Sarah O’Mara was personally criticized for failing to take responsibility for medical blunders and staff shortages at an inquest into 19 deaths last week.
INTERNATIONAL (United Kingdom), Manchester Evening News, October 23, 2013
Shame of care home staff who abused patient
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/shame-rochdales-carders-court-care-6226704
85 year-old-woman was given repeated doses of the sedative Promazine, which is used to treat severely agitated behavior, at Carders Court care home in Castleton. An investigation by social worker Kate Hilt found that between October and December 2011, the drug was given on a near-nightly basis, and when records did not show she needed it.
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
INTERNATIONAL (United Kingdom), Spiked, October 23, 2013 (Opinion)
Keep the law out of disabled care
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/keep_the_law_out_of_disabled_care/14190#.Umqj_vlJNwZ
This week, the Supreme Court hears its first-ever appeal from the Court of Protection, which takes decisions for adults lacking mental capacity. The issue is how to determine whether there is a ‘deprivation of liberty’ for the purposes of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
RELATED ISSUES
CALIFORNIA (Salinas), The Californian, October 23, 2013
SPCA rescues cats in Salinas hoarding case
For the sixth time during the past year, and the second time this week, the SPCA for Monterey County on Wednesday rescued neglected pets from an animal hoarder. Salinas Police Department, Code Enforcement, Adult Protective Services and Social Services are also involved in this case. The house has been deemed uninhabitable by Code Enforcement officers, an SPCA official said.
NEW YORK, Digital Journal, October 24, 2013
NYS cuts red tape, saves $$ for guardians who care for loved ones in other states
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1545265
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law an AARP-backed bill that will cut red tape and save money for guardians by simplifying the process for exercising their rights when their loved ones live in another state. The article states that this law reduces elder abuse by barring someone who wrongfully seeks control and assets of an elder (or anyone else) from taking a person across state lines and immediately being named guardian.
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Funding Opportunities:
- October 31, 2013
- Applications for the Innovations in Rural Health Award from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, which seeks ideas to focus on rural health care challenges. One winner will receive $25,000 and up to three finalists will receive $7,500 each for their innovative and inspiring ideas.
- For more information: Delvon Worthy, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust ruralprize@kbr.org; http://kbr.org/sites/default/files/New%20Rural%20Award%202014_FINAL.pdf
- November 1, 2013
- The Lawrence Foundation awards grants in support of the environment, education, human services, disaster relief, and other causes. The foundation awards both program and operating grants with no geographic restrictions to nonprofit organizations that qualify for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as well as public schools and libraries.
- For more information: http://www.thelawrencefoundation.org/grants/guidelines.php
- November 7, 2013
- Pre-applications for grants from the Impact Fund for nonprofit legal firms, private attorneys, or small law firms that advance social justice in the areas of civil and human rights, environmental justice, or poverty law. Grants of up to $25,000 each will support public-interest litigation that will potentially benefit a large number of people, lead to significant law reform, or raise public consciousness.
- For more information contact: Impact Fund, 125 University Avenue, Suite 102, Berkeley, Calif. 94710; (510) 845-3473; http://impactfund.org/?page_id=698
- November 8, 2013
- Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize will honor up to three individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields, and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in advancing positive social change. Each winner will receive $100,000, half of which will go to an organization committed to the winner’s area of social justice.
- Additional information is available on the foundation’s Web site. Contact: Grinnell College, P.O. Box 805, Grinnell, Iowa 50112; prize@grinnell.edu; http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/studentaffairs/chaplain/socialjusticeprize
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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):
· The 37th Annual Consumer Voice Conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia October 24-27, 2013. For additional information: http://www.theconsumervoice.org/events/annual-meetings
. The 21st Annual New Mexico Adult Abuse Conference will be held on October 24 and 25, 2013 in Albuquerque, NM . This year’s theme is “A Cornucopia of Learning, Knowledge and Services”. For information, contact Agapito J. Silva at Agapito.silva@state.nm.us or 505-841-4550.
· The 2nd Annual Elder Planning Symposium, hosted by the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA), will be held at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 7, 2013. Register here: http://www.ficpa.org/Public/Conference/Description.aspx?courseID=13ELDR. You can also visit https://www.facebook.com/events/518843064859824/ for more information.
· The ABA’s (American Bankers Association) Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Conference in Washington DC will be held on November 18, 2013. There will be a panel on “The Financial Institution’s Role in Preventing Elder Financial Exploitation” presenting twice. For more information: http://www.aba.com/Training/Conferences/Pages/MLE_Schedule.aspx
· The 30th Annual Adult Protective Services Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas from November 19-22, 2013. For more information: https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Adult_Protection/Adult_Protective_Services_Conference/
· The 2nd Annual National Elder Abuse Symposium, hosted by the California District Attorneys Association, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Anaheim, California on December 3-6, 2013. Register here: http://www.cdaa.org/training/seminar-conference-registration?regevent_action=register&event_id=154
· The 3rd World Congress on Adult Guardianship will be convened on May 28-30, 2014 in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. It is sponsored by the National Guardianship Network in affiliation with the International Guardianship Network. The theme of the conference is, “Promising Practices to Ensure Excellence in Guardianship Around the World.” Proposals for presentations are due July 31. See http://worldcongressguardianship.org
An archived collection of previous newsfeeds is available here: http://ncea.posthaven.com
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