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NCEA Newsfeed – Monday, February 25, 2013

The newsfeed includes articles and stories related to abuse of elders and adults with disabilities.  Articles related to elders appear in the top half of the newsfeed.  Articles related to abuse of adults with disabilities appear towards the bottom.  To subscribe to the NCEA listserv, please send an email with your name, occupation, your organization/agency name, city and state, and a statement about your professional interest or expertise in elder abuse to NCEA@UCI.edu.  Like us on Facebook!

Learn what the Administration on Aging is planning for the Year of Elder Abuse Prevention!

http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/Elder_Rights/YEAP/index.aspx

Calendar of upcoming elder abuse and neglect events can be found at the bottom of the newsfeed.

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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED

1.         NATIONAL, USA Today, February 23, 2013
Protecting the elderly from investment fraud
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/02/23/edlerly-financial-fraud/1923529/
A financial planner provides advice to someone who suspects that a stockbroker and a lawyer have taken advantage of their 81-year-old stepmother with dementia.

2.         CALIFORNIA (Monterey County), The Californian, February 22, 2013
More victims sought in Monterey County elder abuse case
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20130222/NEWS09/302220071/More-victims-sought-Monterey-County-elder-abuse-case
The Contractors State License Board said it is seeking those who may have victimized by an unlicensed contractor in Monterey County in an elder abuse case. The suspect was arrested on February 19 on suspicion of swindling more than $100,000 in cash and stolen, forged checks from two people, both in their 80s in the Monterey area. He faces more than 15 felony and misdemeanor charges, including burglary, forgery, theft by false pretense, fraudulent use of a contractor license number, and contracting without a license.

3.         CALIFORNIA (San Diego), Union-Tribune San Diego, February 24, 2013 (Opinion)
We must protect our elders
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/24/elder-abuse-arnold/
The author expresses his dismay at a recent high profile case of elder abuse, and provides quotes on incidence and prevalence from the National Center on Elder Abuse and the Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect.

4.         COLORADO (Grand Junction), NBC 11 News, February 21, 2013
Colorado bill to stop elder abuse passes first vote
http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlines/Colorado-bill-to-stop-elder-abuse-passes-first-vote-192389251.html
The State of Colorado is one step closer towards legislation protecting the elderly from abuse. Senate Bill 13-111 would require certain individuals to report any suspected elder abuse within 24 hours. The bill passed its first senate committee vote Wednesday. It requires caregivers, physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and bank personnel to report suspected abuse to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours or face a class three misdemeanor, punishable with a $750 fine or up to six months in jail. The bill defines abuse as bodily injury, confinement, sexual conduct and caretaker neglect.

5.         MONTANA (Helena), Ravalli Republic, February 25, 2013 (Opinion)
Assisted suicide: Bill an invite for elder abuse
http://www.ravallirepublic.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_2e981b6d-0076-505b-a655-0ebea380cb4f.html?comment_form=true
A Montana physician explains why she is opposed to SB220, saying that the bill is an invitation for both elder abuse and suicide.

6.         NEW YORK (Manhattan), Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2013
Ex NY bank worker gets prison for elder theft
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP30c3960ec153441ca806b7ce4380ed6b.html
A former bank employee will spend three to nine years in prison for stealing $300,000 from an elderly woman with dementia. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny and possession of stolen property after using the stolen funds to purchase luxury items from Louis Vuitton, Bergdorf Goodman and other retailers. The victim’s relatives discovered the theft shortly before her death.

7.         OHIO (Columbus), Vinton Daily, February 24, 2013
DeWine announces support of Ohio Elder Justice Act
http://www.vintondaily.com/regional_news/dewine-announces-support-of-ohio-elder-justice-act/article_82f98780-e130-500a-9ad6-e5e4cb180e5c.html
The recently-introduced Ohio Elder Justice Act intends to strengthen the existing Adult Protective Services Law, aims to improve the response to elder abuse incidents and encourage reporting of elder abuse cases.

8.         OHIO (Columbus), Sandusky Register, February 22, 2013
Ohio lawmakers push bill addressing elder abuse
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/article/3347816
Proposed Ohio legislation would add bankers, pharmacists and county humane society agents to the list of people required under law to report suspected elder abuse.

ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES

1.         CALIFORNIA (Adelanto), San Bernardino Sun, February 23, 2013
Adelanto man arrested after reportedly attacking mentally disabled man
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_22655681/adelanto-man-arrested-after-reportedly-attacking-mentally-disabled
An Adelanto man was arrested for allegedly attacking a 56-year-old mentally disabled man late Friday night. The 35-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held on $1 million bail.

2.         CALIFORNIA (Stockton), CBS Local, February 22, 2013
Disabled Stockton Man Claims Rival Gang Members Stole His Prosthetic Leg
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/02/22/disabled-stockton-man-claims-rival-gang-members-made-off-with-prosthetic-leg/
A gang rivalry could be the motivation behind the beating of a disabled Stockton man who was jumped and had his prosthetic leg stolen Thursday morning. The man has a temporary replacement prosthetic leg, but his customized one will cost thousands to replace.

3.         FLORIDA (Osceola County), WESH.com, February 21, 2013
Missing disabled woman found
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/osceola-county/Missing-disabled-woman-found/-/17565894/19019886/-/2rlgsp/-/index.html
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office found a 24-year-old disabled woman who had been reported missing. Her mother reported her missing the next day at 1pm. The woman has a medical condition that requires medication, which she did not take with her.

4.         INDIANA (Fort Wayne), Indiana News Center, February 25, 2013
Former Caretaker Sentenced For Neglect Of A Disabled Person (with Video)
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Former-Caretaker-Sentenced-After-Pleading-Guilty-To-Neglect-Of-A-Disabled-Person-193058961.html
A former driver and caretaker was charged with neglect of a disabled person and pleaded guilty in January after police say he left a disabled client in his van while he went to play basketball. The 1.5 year sentence was suspended and the man will be on probation during that time.

5.         OHIO (Columbus), The Columbus Dispatch, February 23, 2013
Official charged with theft from disabled
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/23/Official_charged_with_theft_from_disabled.html
The former business administrator of a southwestern Ohio center for developmentally disabled adults has been charged with stealing more than $400,000 from the center. He was indicted on 15 felony counts, including aggravated theft, theft in office, forgery, money laundering and tampering with government records.

6.         WEST VIRGINIA (Wheeling), Post-Gazette, February 23, 2013
Trial for 2 charged with raping disabled woman is delayed
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/trial-for-2-charged-with-raping-disabled-woman-is-delayed-676557/
The federal trial of two illegal immigrants from Mexico charged with kidnapping and raping a mentally disabled woman in Washington County has been delayed because the defense says it needs time to hire an expert to evaluate her mental condition. The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office say the two men kidnapped the woman on July 7 from outside her home and held her captive at one suspect’s house, where they raped her for four days.

7.         INTERNATIONAL (Victoria, Australia), The Age, February 23, 2013
Imprisonment of intellectually disabled man ‘embarrassing’
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/imprisonment-of-intellectually-disabled-man-embarrassing-20130222-2ex2l.html
An intellectually disabled man was left in prison for more than a year for a crime he could not have understood, largely because accommodation could not be found for him. He has a life-long disability and has declined with the early stages of dementia.

8.         INTERNATIONAL (New Delhi, India), Deccan Herald, February 25, 2013
Sexual abuse of disabled common in India, says study
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/314887/sexual-abuse-disabled-common-india.html
The disabled in India are subjected to widespread discrimination and inhuman treatment, particularly sexual abuse and torture, a European Union-sponsored study conducted by rights organizations said Monday. Shackling mentally ill patients and sexual abuse were some of the forms of inhuman treatment meted out to disabled in India, which has 21 million disabled people, it said.

9.         INTERNATIONAL (London, United Kingdom), United Press International, February 24, 2013
Disabled Brits at higher risk of violence
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/02/24/Disabled-Brits-at-higher-risk-of-violence/UPI-28791361763821/
Disabled people living independently in Britain are at higher risk of being victims of domestic and non-domestic violence, researchers say. The study, published in the journal Plos One, found compared to those without any disability, the odds of being a victim of violence in the past year were three-fold higher for those with mental illness-related disability, and two-fold higher for those with physical disability.

RELATED ISSUES

1.         ILLINOIS (Geneva), Geneva Patch, February 21, 2013
Woman With Dementia Reported Missing Near Geneva Returns Home Safely
http://geneva.patch.com/articles/women-with-dementia-reported-missing-near-geneva-returns-home-safely
A woman with dementia who was reported missing after shopping near Geneva with her husband was found several hours later at the Fox Valley Mall, with help from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and the shopping center’s security force.

2.         MICHIGAN (St. Clair Shores), WXYZ.com, February 22, 2013
Tracking dog finds missing woman with dementia
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/macomb_county/tracking-dog-finds-a-76-year-old-woman-with-dementia-curled-up-on-the-ground-3-blocks-from-her-home
A 76-year-old woman with dementia is recovering in the hospital after wandering away from her home in the middle of her night. She was found just blocks away from her home, curled up on the ground in someone’s back yard, wearing pajamas. Her daughter reported her missing and called police, who brought in the tracking dog who was instrumental in finding the woman in a timely manner.

3.         MISSOURI (St. Peters), St. Louis Today, February 22, 2013
Missing St. Peters woman with mental disability is found safe
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-peters-police-looking-for-mentally-disabled-woman/article_5dd61e87-9e7b-57e0-9698-db8d3ea927be.html
Police say a developmentally disabled woman who was missing for three weeks was found Sunday night in Illinois and is safe. She has a brain injury and other mental health issues that make her mental capacity that of a 12-year-old, police said. She left home on Jan. 31 after arguing with family members.

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Funding Opportunities:

• February 28, 2013
  • The Office on Violence Against Women invited eligible parties to apply for a series of grants offered by their agency. The Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program provides or enhances training and services to address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, involving victims who are 50 years of age or older.
  • For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=215034
• May 1, 2013
  • The American Bar Association has announced a further round of grants to be made in 2013 that will promote and support innovation in the delivery of civil legal aid.  These grants will go to the state Access to Justice Commissions.  The grants will fund projects in seven critical areas of innovation: expanding limited scope representation and other models for affordable services; improving language access and eliminating implicit cultural bias; employing public libraries as point of access for legal aid; enhancing fundraising outside the legal community; creating partnerships with health care and social services providers, government agencies and other new partners; preserving access for low-income people as courts implement e-filing; and increasing web-based delivery of pro bono services for self-represented litigants.  Eligible entities are state Access to Justice Commissions, which are formal entities that bring together the highest level of the state's courts, organized bar, and other stakeholders to support the expansion of access to civil justice for low income and disadvantaged people.  Applications for Grants to Promote the Creation of new Access to Justice Commissions are due by February 15, 2013; applications for Innovation Grants are due on May 1, 2013.
  • Information: www.ATJsupport.org under “grants.” For additional information contact Bob Echols, State Support Consultant, ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives, Robert.Echols@comcast.net
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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):

·      The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting an Elder Maltreatment Symposium on March 8, 2013 online and at their headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. Register and find more information here: http://www.usqualitymeasures.org/Home.aspx

·      Registration is now open for the 2013 Aging in America Conference, presented by the American Society on Aging. The conference will take place from March 12-16, 2013 in Chicago, IL. For more information: http://www.asaging.org/aia

·      The Ohio Coalition for Adult Protective Services will hold their annual conference on March 15, 2013 at The Columbus State Conference Center. The theme this year is “The Evolving Aspects of Elder Abuse.” For more information: http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1362455-HWZmxQRixk

·      The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2013 Annual Conference of The Gerontological Society of America is March 15, 2013.  
To learn more about submitting abstracts: http://www.geron.org/meeting2013/GSA2013CFA.pdf
To learn more about the upcoming conference November 20-24, 2013, titled “Optimal Aging Through Research,” please visit
http://www.geron.org/annual-meeting/future-meetings

·       The 13^th Annual International Family Justice Center Conference will be held in Ft. Worth, Texas from April 16-18, 2013 at the Worthington Renaissance Forth Worth Hotel. For more information: http://www.familyjusticecenter.org/training-main/annual-conference.html  

·       Elder Abuse and its Prevention – A Workshop will be hosted by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies April 17-18, 2013 at the Keck Center on Washington, D.C. For more information: http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/ViolenceForum/2013-APR-17.aspx

·       Registration is now open for Teaming Up Against Elder Financial Exploitation, a course offered in the Orlando area, April 17 – 19, 2013. This course is presented by The Florida Attorney General’s Office (FCPTI) and The Florida Bar Elder Law Section’s Committee on Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation. For more information: http://www.fcpti.com/fcpti.nsf/forms/CF4576CAD96E849C85257A830057911A

·       The Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) 2013 Scientific Conference will be called “Addressing Violence and Abuse in the Changing Healthcare Environment,” and will take place on April 18-20 in Minneapolis, MN at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Suites. For more information: http://avahealth.nonprofitoffice.com/vertical/sites/%7B75FA0828-D713-4580-A29D-257F315BB94F%7D/uploads/avabrochure_P20.pdf  

·       The Greater Augusta Coalition Against Adult Abuse in partnership with the VA Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and Blue Ridge Community College is sponsoring a free, day long training for Commonwealth Attorneys, Law Enforcement, Social Workers, and related professionals on “Obtaining Convictions and Restitution for Adult Abuse” on Monday, April 29, 2013. For more information, contact Anne See at (540) 433-1830 or asee@brls.org. Click here to register: http://fs21.formsite.com/ascott/form10/index.html?1358267517475

·       The 6^th Annual Forensic Investigations Conference to be held from May 15-17, 2013 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Seminars will focus on a broad array of emerging forensic practices, in sexual assault, interpersonal violence, child and elder abuse in both an urban and rural environment. For more information https://www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/event/forensic-conference-1

·       The Alzheimer’s Association annual conference, titled “Dementia Care @AAIC: Translating Research to Practice” will be held in Boston, Massachusetts from July 13-18, 2013. Learn more here: http://www.alz.org/aaic/

·       Changing Aging, The Florida Conference on Aging will be held on August 12-14, 2013 and will be themed, “Aging: New Game – New Rules”
For more information: http://www.fcoa.org/conference.html

·       The 18^th International Conference & Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma will be held in San Diego, California on September 8-11, 2013. For more information: http://www.ivatcenters.org/  

·       The 2^nd Annual National Elder Abuse Symposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Anaheim, California on December 3-6, 2013. Stay tuned for more information.

An archived collection of previous newsfeeds is available here:
http://nceagov.posterous.com/

National Center on Elder Abuse

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