Newsfeed – Monday, December 9, 2013
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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
CALIFORNIA (Santa Barbara), Independent, December 5, 2013
Woman arrested in elder abuse case
http://www.independent.com/news/2013/dec/05/woman-arrested-elder-abuse-case/?on
Detectives with the Police Department’s Property Crimes Unit arrested Santa Barbara resident Rosemary Baugh on 11/27 after an investigation revealed she had taken over $650,000 from an 80-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease. Baugh, 57, became the victim’s caretaker — they had been longtime acquaintances — following the death of his only local relative in 2011.
COLORADO (Boulder), Daily Camera Boulder News, December 5, 2013
Boulder theft from elderly case leads to woman’s conviction
A 54-year-old woman was convicted Wednesday in Boulder District Court on felony theft charges for scamming an elderly Boulder couple of almost $600,000 over the span of seven years. According to an arrest affidavit, Michelle Hebert met the victims in 2001 when the 89-year-old man became a patient at Longmont eye clinic where Hebert worked as a receptionist.
ILLINOIS (Springfield), My Stateline, December 4, 2013
State financial advisor charged with exploitation
Secretary of State Jesse White announced that a Springfield financial advisor was arrested today for defrauding an 84-year-old Sangamon County woman out of $65,000. David Matthew Lisnek, age 45, was arrested this morning at his home by special agents from White’s Illinois Securities Department, along with officers from the Springfield Police Department, on a criminal complaint filed by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney.
MAIN (Waterville), The Wenatchee World, December 9, 2013
Caregiver accused of stealing from client
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/dec/09/caregiver-accused-of-stealing-from-client/
A Brewster woman is charged with first-degree theft after bank records appeared to show she forged more than $6,600 in checks from an elderly client’s bank accounts.
MINNESOTA, Star Tribune, December 9, 2013
Fired, they still find jobs as nurses
http://www.startribune.com/local/234913181.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue
By the time the Minnesota Board of Nursing suspended Idovich’s license last December, Idovich’s employment history included a patient injury under her watch, medication errors, unauthorized lookups of patient records and reporting to work after drinking, records show. Neither the Nursing Board nor Idovich’s former employers would discuss how she was able to lead such a long career, despite events — four firings, five drunken-driving convictions and failing state sobriety monitoring — that were cited as justification for her license suspension last year.
NEBRASKA (Fairbury), Beatrice Daily Sun, December 5, 2013
Fairbury woman arrested for stealing $17k
Fairbury Police arrested a woman who used her power of attorney to steal more than $17,000 from an elderly woman in her care on Tuesday. Fairbury Police Chief Chad Sprunk said a family member contacted Fairbury Police about the alleged theft on Nov. 27 and the department launched an investigation.
NEW MEXICO (Santa Fe), Santa Fe New Mexican, December 4, 2013
Nursing home company agrees to fine, changes
A company that manages two nursing homes in Santa Fe has agreed to pay a fine and change its practices after admitting to obstructing the efforts of a state ombudsman that investigates resident complaints. “The administration making derogatory comments about the Ombudsman or saying ‘don’t talk to the Ombudsman, come to me instead’ that is obstruction and intimidation,” said Sondra Everhart, state long-term care ombudsman.
NORTH CAROLINA (Elizabeth City), WVEC ABC 13, December 4, 2013
Woman charged with elder abuse in Elizabeth City
http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Woman-charged-with-elder-abuse-in-Elizabeth-City-234531241.html
Police have made an arrest in an alleged elder abuse case. On November 25th, Albemarle Hospital contacted the Department of Social Services in reference to an elderly adult who was admitted to the hospital and showed signs of neglect and abuse.
NORTH CAROLINA (Hamlet), Your Daily Journal, December 9, 2013
Court weighs in on alleged elder abuse
http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/news/home_top-news/3084036/Court-weighs-in-on-alleged-elder-abuse
On Friday, Probate Judge Kelli L. Wolk appointed the Georgia Department of Human Services as guardian and county conservator Jerry A. Landers Jr. as conservator. Wolk found that the 78-year-old man unknowingly signed over joint interest to Senia on the Jasper property and home. According to Wolk, the man also seemed surprised that part of his monthly income of about $7,000 was not being deposited into either of the two accounts he had established.
NEW JERSEY (Jersey Shore), The New York Times, December 9, 2013
Tracking a thief, once you know there is one
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/tracking-a-thief-once-you-know-there-is-one/?_r=0
A man with Parkinson’s disease was robbed earlier this year of his cash, debit card, and credit card. The thief, according to the police, was a staff member of the man's assisted living facility on the Jersey Shore, a regular presence in his room.
OHIO (South Columbus), FOX 28, December 4, 2013
Relatives arrested after elderly man found living in filth
A man's son and daughter-in-law were taken to jail after police found the elderly man living in filth with eight dogs and no heat. The man had been living with his adult children, teen grandchildren and pets on Renick Street. Patrol officers went to check in on the man's well-being after a sister-in-law called 911.
UTAH (West Jordan), The Salt Lake Tribune, December 9, 2013
West Jordan chiropractor get 6 months in jail for conning elderly patients
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57241291-78/babcock-patients-according-chiropractor.html.csp
A West Jordan chiropractor convicted of conning elderly patients out of hundreds and thousands of dollars with a scheme that promised to rid the patients of chronic ailments, thyroid problems and diabetes was sentenced Monday to six months in jail. The six-month jail term sentence was what prosecutors had requested: one month for each victim he was convicted of conning.
WISCONSIN (Wisconsin Rapids), Marshfield News Herald, December 6, 2013
Marshfield man convicted of elder abuse gets prison for violating probation
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20131206/MNH01/312060270/?nclick_check=1
A 36-year-old Marshfield man was sentenced in Wood County Circuit Court to two years in prison for violating his probation for abusing an older man. Authorities learned Guenther had punched an older man in the leg, sending him to the hospital and causing him to require therapy, according to the complaint.
INTERNATIONAL (South Shields, United Kingdom), Chronicle Live, December 5, 2013
Damning report on South Shields care home St. Michael’s View
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/damning-report-south-shields-care-6372979
Frail great-grandma who suffered from dementia, was left to die by nurses after they failed to call a doctor when she fell ill. Her neglect was part of a catalogue of failings found in the care provided by the now defunct Southern Cross organization at St Michael’s View Care Home in South Shields which led to criminal convictions for two members of staff.
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
FLORIDA (Bradenton), Bradenton Herald, December 9, 2013
Bradenton officer cracked case that outraged public
http://www.bradenton.com/2013/12/09/4878387/standing-hed-heroes-bradenton.html
John Morningstar, Bradenton Police investigator, helped arrest three suspects and charged them with beating a man with diminished mental capacity in Riverwalk Park at 3 a.m. Nov. 5. Adding insult to injury, they filmed the violent incident.
MINNESOTA (Gage), Beatrice Daily Sun, December 4, 2013
BSDC to turn over medical records in Pangborn case
A Gage County District Court judge has ordered the Beatrice State Developmental Center to turn over medical records for individuals living in the Kennedy 106 unit as part of an upcoming trial against a former employee accused of abuse there during a three-month period in 2011. The center for the developmentally disabled will turn over any medical records kept for the alleged victims of abuse created between May 1-Aug. 30 by Dec. 19.
RELATED ISSUES
ARIZONA (Tucson), Tucson News, December 4, 2013
TPD asks for help locating missing elderly man
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/24134288/tpd-asking-for-help-locating-a-missing-vulnerable-adult
The Tucson Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. The 83-year-old man has been missing since late Tuesday afternoon, according to TPD.
CONNECTICUT (Westport), NBC Connecticut, December 4, 2013
85-year-old missing from Westport has dementia
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Missing-85-Year-Old-Has-Dementia-Alzheimers-234495451.html
Police are searching for an 85-year-old Westport man who went missing today and say he suffers from Alzheimer's and could be confused and disoriented. He is believed to be driving a gray 2006 Saab with the license Connecticut plate 485-UYZ.
KENTUCKY (Bowling Green), Daily BG Daily News, December 7, 2013
APS to evaluate accused bank robber
A 73-year-old Bowling Green woman charged in a bank robbery case will be evaluated by an official from the state’s Adult Protective Services office ahead of a competency hearing later this month. The Bowling Green Police Department said she hid in a bathroom there, having run to the dealership from First Security Bank at 2009 Scottsville Road, where she is accused of demanding money from an employee and implying that she had a weapon.
MINNESOTA (Farmington), Faribault Daily News, December 5, 2013
Police searching for missing Farmington woman
The Farmington Police Department is searching for a potential vulnerable adult who has been missing from Farmington since Nov. 1, 2013. The 37-year-old woman reportedly parked her van at her mother’s Farmington home Nov. 2 but has not been seen since, according to the Grand Forks Herald.
NEBRASKA (Bluff), Omaha, December 6, 2013
Bluffs man with dementia found, treated for hypothermia
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131206/NEWS/131209220
Hypothermia overtook a 70-year-old man with dementia who wandered away from his Council Bluffs home just after midnight and spent about six hours in the bitter cold. The man was found in a pickup parked outdoors about a block from his home in the Lake Manawa area, according to Bluffs Police Sgt. Chad Meyers. The owner of the pickup found him.
NEW YORK (Poughkeepsie), Poughkeepsie Journal, December 5, 2013
UPDATE: Poughkeepsie man who has dementia, schizophrenia has been found
A 63-year-old "vulnerable adult" who has dementia and schizophrenia went missing on Wednesday but has been found, authorities said. The man was seen leaving his residential facility on Washington Street in Poughkeepsie at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Missing Persons Clearinghouse.
WISCONSIN (Elkhorn), Beloit Daily News, December 7, 2013
Beloiter admits Medicaid fraud
A Beloit woman entered guilty pleas Thursday to felony Medicaid fraud and agreed to make restitution of $45,786.87 to the state of Wisconsin. According to the amended criminal complaint, Lara Skrzypczynski submitted false statements for payment of medical care services.
INTERNATIONAL (North Vancouver, Canada), Huffpost British Columbia Canada, December 8, 2013
Body of missing senior found near Lynn Canyon
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/08/joan-warren-dead_n_4409573.html
The body of a 76-year-old senior who wandered away from her North Vancouver care home was found near the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge on Sunday afternoon. Initial indications are that she died of hypothermia in the subzero weather.
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Funding Opportunities:
- 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
- January 10, 2014
- The Tufts Health Plan Foundation is accepting letters of inquiry to apply for grants through its 2014 Healthy Aging program. Nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island focused on improving the lives of older adults, ages 60 and over, should submit letters under one of three categories: health and wellness, purposeful engagement, or empowerment.
- Contact: Tufts Health Plan Foundation; foundation@tuftshealth.com ; http://www.tuftshealthplanfoundation.org
- January 10, 2014
- Applications for grants from the Needmor Fund, which support community organizing projects that encourage the efforts of people who are working together for justice and the common good; encourage involvement in community affairs by people whose participation has been systematically denied; and foster the active participation of all citizens in crafting values and policies that are more equitable.
- Contact: Needmor Fund, 42 South Saint Clair Street, Toledo, Ohio 43604; (419) 255-5560; http://www.needmorfund.org/procedures.htm
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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 Nebraska State Bar Association – Elder Law Section and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services present Financial Exploitation and Elder Rights Issues live Via Web Streaming from Lincoln to 13 Locations Statewide or your desktop computer, December 17, 2013 from 8:45am to 5:00 pm (CST). Topics include Guardianships & Conservatorships, Identity Theft and Scams Update, Low Cost Legal Services in Nebraska, End of Life Issues, Legal and Psychological Elements in Undue Influence, Special Needs Trusts, and Ethics in Representing Elderly Clients. To register, please send an email here emily.hroch@nebraska.gov saying Attn: Emily Hroch.
· 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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