Newsfeed – Friday, November 15, 2013
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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
CALIFORNIA (Los Altos), Los Altos Town Crier, November 15, 2013
Los Altos man charged with assault, elder abuse
An elderly man remains hospitalized after allegedly being attacked at home by his son Nov. 12, according to Los Altos Police, who apprehended 52-year-old Amir Imanian later that day. The suspect fled by the time police arrived at the home, Detective Abe Velasco said, but returned that evening and was arrested without incident.
CALIFORNIA (Thousand Oaks), Thousand Oaks Acorn, November 14, 2013
Thousand Oaks woman ordered to repay her 83-year-old victim
A Thousand Oaks woman who stole tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly Calabasas woman by forging her checks this past summer has been sentenced to eight months in county jail and a five year probation, according to Ventura County court records.
CALIFORNIA (Thousand Oaks), VCStar, November 10, 2013
Deputies arrest man on suspicion of elder abuse in Thousand Oaks
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/nov/10/man-restraint-by-deputies-in-thousand-oaks-call/
A 46-year-old man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of abusing an elderly woman and becoming aggressive with deputies in Thousand Oaks, officials said. Once deputies arrived at the home, the man became combative and did not comply with deputies’ requests, officials said. Deputies thought the man was intoxicated and had mental problems.
CALIFORNIA (Visalia), Visalia Times-Delta, November 8, 2013
Bail remains for Visalia elder-abuse suspect
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20131109/NEWS01/311070052/
A Visalia man accused of elder abuse that includes a claim he bound his 75-year-old uncle in a shed had his request to be released from jail on his own recognizance denied Wednesday. As a result of Tulare County Superior Court Judge James Holman’s ruling, Marcos Vincent Abrego, 48, will remain in custody on $50,000 bail.
IOWA (Des Moines), WCF Courier, November 15, 2013
Elder abuse law changes eyed in Iowa
Donna Harvey, director of the state Department on Aging and former director of the Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging in Waterloo, told members of the Legislature’s Elder Abuse Prevention and Intervention Study Committee Thursday that Iowa has laws dealing with dependent abuse but there are gaps and bureaucratic hurdles when problems beset people aged 60 years or older who are living independently yet may be vulnerable.
MICHIGAN (Fraser), USA Today, November 15, 2013
Motel owner tied parents to bed, left them in filth
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/elderly-abuse-neglect/3593695/
The son of an elderly couple found tied to a bed in a suburban Detroit motel, lying in their own feces and urine, was charged Friday with adult abuse. The 55-year-old son, who owns the Flamingo Motel here, admitted to authorities that his parents were rarely bathed and that he had tied them to the bed so they would not leave, police said.
MINNESOTA (Maplewood), MPR News, November 15, 2013
Pastor of Oakdale Catholic church accepted $120,000 check from elderly parishioner
The Maplewood Police Department recently closed an investigation into the Rev. Rodger Bauman, an Oakdale priest who accepted a $120,000 check from a 99-year-old former parishioner. No charges were ever filed. But the circumstances surrounding the money raised concerns among the man's caregivers, the woman serving as his power of attorney and a police detective, who investigated Bauman on suspicion of swindling a vulnerable adult, the article states.
MISSOURI (St. Louis), KMOV, November 9, 2013
Family believes 86-year-old mother was abused by nursing home
A family says their 86-year-old mother with Alzheimer’s was abused by a nursing home in west St. Louis County. Robin Foster said her mother’s eye was swollen and closed shut after what the Delmar Garden’s West Nursing Home said was a bad fall.
OHIO (Muskingum County), Zanesville Times Recorder, November 10, 2013
A silent cry for help: why elderly victims are hesitant to report crimes
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20131109/NEWS01/311090055?nclick_check=1
Each week, three elderly people in Muskingum County report maltreatment by a caretaker. There were 175 cases of elder maltreatment reported to APS last year — a 30 percent increase since 2010. Whether it is due to fear of retaliation, shame or a desire to save a family member from criminal repercussions, the elderly are hesitant when it comes to reporting their abuse, the article states.
OREGON (Portland), The Skanner, November 11, 2013
Settlement reached as Nationstar Mortgage apologizes to Portland homeowner
Amid charges of fraud and elder abuse, Delaware-based Nationstar Mortgage, Inc., has issued a public apology and settled out of court with a Northeast Portland couple who faced the loss of their family’s home of 50 years. The couple was sued by Nationstar for allegedly defaulting on a mortgage loan the couple took out to pay for repairs on Judith’s mother’s home; the couple originally took out the loan from a company called World Mortgage, but the debt was resold several times until it came to rest with Nationstar.
PENNSYLVANIA (Lancaster County), Lancaster Online, November 12, 2013
Police: Family members bilked elderly parents out of $697,000
A Pike County man and his wife will be tried for allegedly bilking her elderly parents — who were living in Lancaster County — out of nearly $700,000. Northern Lancaster Regional police allege the couple tricked the man into signing a document in 2009 that granted them power of transfer.
PENNSYLVANIA (Allegheny County), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 12, 2013
New policy focuses on elder abuse prosecution
A new policy implemented by the Allegheny County district attorney requires local police officers to contact a prosecutor before issuing any criminal complaint in elder abuse cases. The idea behind the change, District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said, is to ensure the investigation is handled quickly and thoroughly.
TEXAS (Fort Worth), Crime Time, November 14, 2013
Judge sentences nursing home aid accused of elder abuse to probation
A nursing home aid who was video-taped mistreating a woman with Alzheimer's disease was sentenced to a five year probation. Maria F. Acosta was accused of pinching the leg and pulling the hair of the 84-year-old resident.
TEXAS (San Antonio), My San Antonio, November 13, 2013
Two sentenced in separate elder fraud cases
Two men who committed fraud against the elderly in separate incidents were sent to prison Tuesday.
VIRGINIA, Examiner, November 9, 2013
Self-neglect in the elderly: A silent issue in elder abuse
http://www.examiner.com/article/self-neglect-the-elderly-a-silent-issue-elder-abuse
On Saturday the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services released a report showing self-neglect is the most common form of abuse in the elderly or disabled. From July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, Adult Protective Services in Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield received over 2,000 reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of the elderly.
VIRGINIA (Richmond), WTVR CBS 6, November 8, 2013
Self-neglect most common form of elderly abuse in VA
http://wtvr.com/2013/11/08/self-neglect-most-common-form-of-elderly-abuse-in-va/
Self-neglect is the most common form of abuse, neglect or exploitation of the elderly and disabled reported, according to numbers just released by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. Nearly two-thirds of the abuse and neglect reports are related to self-neglect in Henrico.
WASHINGTON (Seattle), The Inquisitr, November 10, 2013
Man arrested for letting elderly mother waste away and die
http://www.inquisitr.com/1024781/man-arrested-for-letting-elderly-mother-waste-away-and-die/
A man from Seattle has been arrested and faces felony charges after neglecting his 89-year-old mother so badly that she died. The woman was found dead outside the home she shared with her son, Lester L. Kunimoto. The woman died back in October of 2011 and following an intense two years of investigations, King County prosecutors said that they have pinned elderly abuse charges on Lester Kinimoto – as well as second-degree criminal mistreatment.
INTERNATIONAL (Canada), The Star, November 15, 2013
Castleview Wychwood Towers, where resident was killed, has history of problems
Inspection reports detail abuse, untrained staff and unsanitary conditions at the city-run nursing home where an elderly resident was killed on the weekend. Some of those reports — 31 ministry inspection logs in 29 months — are of feces-stained furniture and broken bedside bells to complaints about residents crying in vain to go to the bathroom. In addition to a staff member being convicted of sexual assault in 2012, allegations and complaints of abuse have continued.
INTERNATIONAL (Devon, United Kingdom), BBC NEWS, November 14, 2013
Rydan Lodge care home abuse investigated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-24938781
Allegations of abuse at a care home for the elderly in Devon are being investigated, police have said. Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust said inspectors had found the home was "not meeting some essential standards" and its six residents had been moved.
INTERNATIONAL (Manchester, United Kingdom), The Telegraph, November 11, 2013
Care worker stole rings from hand of dementia patient
A care worker at a residential home stole three rings off the wedding finger of an 88-year-old woman with severe dementia then sold them on for a fraction of their value. On October 7, the daughter-in-law of the 88-year-old victim noticed that the three rings had disappeared from her wedding finger. A week later, it was discovered that Murphy had sold the rings, including her mother's, at a shop in Wythenshawe.
INTERNATIONAL (Newcastle, United Kingdom), Chronicle Live, November 9, 2013
Newcastle care home bully boss Valerie Bell facing jail for abuse
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-care-home-bully-boss-6287694
Care home bully Valerie Bell is today facing jail after subjecting elderly dementia sufferers to a campaign of terror. Bell was accused of offences against nine elderly residents at Sutherland Court Care Home, in Fenham, Newcastle, but was only convicted with regard to two of them
INTERNATIONAL (Portsmouth, United Kingdom), Seacoast Online, November 15, 2013
Legal arguments filed in cop’s inheritance dispute
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20131115-NEWS-131119849
Manchester attorney David Eby is asking for a June trial to dispute the last will and trust for the late Geraldine Webber, who left an estimated $1.8 million in assets to Portsmouth police Sgt. Aaron Goodwin. Representing the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Society and The Shriner’s Hospital for Children, Eby alleges in new court documents that Goodwin befriended Webber, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2010, before helping her visit "more than one attorney for the purpose of changing her estate plan."
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
KANSAS (Cowley County), News Cow, November 14, 2013
Care home manager accused of taking money
http://www.newscow.net/story.php?StoryID=9450
A manager at an Ark City home for the developmentally disabled has been arrested after an investigation determined she purchased items for personal use with funds from the accounts of dependent clients. Authorities were alerted late in October when officials from Creative Community Living noticed spending that led them to suspect financial abuse.
SOUTH CAROLINA (Clover), Lake Wylie Pilot, November 9, 2013
Clover man jailed for alleged neglect of bedridden girlfriend
http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2013/11/09/2154252/clover-man-jailed-for-alleged.html
A Clover man who called police claiming his bedridden girlfriend suffering from muscular dystrophy had hidden his medicine was jailed after police found he had not fed her or helped her to the bathroom in almost a full day, deputies said. The 34-year-old man, described by police in a York County Sheriff’s office report as both boyfriend and care giver, remains in jail under a $5,000 bond.
RELATED ISSUES
NEBRASKA (Omaha), Omaha, November 10, 2013
Police seek help in search for Omaha woman with dementia
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131110/NEWS/131119895
Omaha police are asking for help in finding a missing Omaha woman who suffers from dementia. Family members last saw the woman at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday when she dropped off a grandson near 47th Street and Crown Point Avenue, said Officer James Shade, a police spokesman.
NEW YORK (Long Island), Daily News, November 15, 2013
Mother, disabled daughter die in tragic house fire
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mother-disabled-daughter-die-tragic-house-fire-article-1.1518116
A mother and her disabled adult daughter died in a Thursday night fire that tore through their cluttered Long Island home, Suffolk County police said. Huntington Manor firefighters were joined by several nearby departments in fighting the blaze, with their efforts hampered by the home’s “extremely cluttered” condition, police said in a press release.
TEXAS (Garland), WFAA 8 ABC, November 8, 2013
Garland man with dementia remains missing after nearly a month
It’s been four weeks since an elderly Garland man disappeared, and police still need help finding him. The man suffers from dementia and became disoriented, apparently asked at least two people for directions to Garland on the day he disappeared, the article states.
INTERNATIONAL (Canada), The Star, November 10, 2013
Senior accused in retirement-home killing appears in court
An 81-year-old man accused of killing his nursing-home roommate will remain in prison until his next appearance in superior court Tuesday. Police said mental illness may have been a factor.
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Funding Opportunities:
- December 6, 2013
- Applications for grants from the Cardinal Health Foundation to support nonprofit health-care institutions to improve patient safety. Grants between $7,500 and $35,000 each will be awarded to approximately 25 organizations in the United States and Canada.
- Find out more by contacting Cardinal Health Foundation, Community Relations, 7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017; (614) 757-5000; http://www.cardinalhealth.com/us/en/CommunityRelations/Apply/E3
- December 17, 2013
- Letters of intent to apply for grants from the VNA Foundation. Grants will support nonprofit organizations for home and community-based health care and health services that focus on the needs of disadvantaged people in the metropolitan Chicago area. The foundation awards program, operating, and capital grants in support of home health-care services, community and school-based services, primary care and chronic disease management, and health promotion.
- For more information contact VNA Foundation, 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3118, Chicago, Ill. 60606; (312) 214-1521; http://vnafoundation.net/guidelinesprocedures
- December 22, 2013
- Nominations for the Roth Award from the Mary Byron Project for programs that demonstrate promise in ending the generational cycle of domestic violence. A cash award of $10,000 will be given to a program that focuses on disadvantaged people. Such a program provides services to those who are identified as such based on characteristics that include age, race, ethnicity, gender, faith, disabilities, low socio-economic status, non-English speaking, sexual preference, and victims from suburban areas who traditionally do not know how to avail themselves of services or who are too ashamed to find them.
- Find more information by contacting Kathy Paulin, Mary Byron Project, 10401 Linn Station Road, Louisville, Ky. 40223; (502) 992-3444; kathypaulin@marybyronproject.org ; http://marybyronproject.org/index.php/our-work/the-roth-award
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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):
· The New York City JASA Elder Abuse Training Institute has new training classes for Fall 2013. For more details and registration information click here: http://jasa.org/sites/default/files/NextAct_Catalog_Final_8.9.13.pdf Contact Martha Pollack for further questions: 718-286-1540 or mpollack@jasa.org
· 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
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