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Did you know? A calendar of upcoming elder abuse and neglect events and funding opportunities can be found at the bottom of the newsfeed.
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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
1. NATIONAL, Medical Xpress, April 25, 2013
Research finds psychological vulnerable older adults more susceptible to experience fraud
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-psychological-vulnerable-older-adults-susceptible.html
The study, "Is Psychological Vulnerability Related to the Experience of Fraud in Older Adults?" published in the recent issue of Clinical Gerontologist, is the first study to include prospective predictors of reported financial fraud victimization of older adults, and is the first to review financial exploitation of any kind with the same population from a psychological-vulnerability perspective.
2. CALIFORNIA (San Mateo), Mercury News, April 25, 2013
Police Blotter: Los Gatos police arrest man on elder abuse, resisting arrest, obstruction charges
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_23105927/police-blotter-los-gatos-police-arrest-man-elder
A 55-year-old man arrested on elder abuse charges was also booked for a court order violation, willful obstruction and resisting arrest, and prohibiting the use of a phone line.
3. GEORGIA (Tybee Island), USA Today, April 25, 2013
Billy Currington charged with elder abuse
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/04/25/singer-billy-currington-elder-abuse-threats/2111761/
Country singer Billy Currington, 39, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday in Georgia on charges of elder abuse for making threats against a 70-year-old man. The indictment says Currington threatened bodily harm against the victim on April 15.
4. GEORGIA (Tybee Island), Savannah Now, April 25, 2013
Singer Billy Currington indicted for elder abuse
http://savannahnow.com/crime/2013-04-24/singer-billy-currrington-indicted-elder-abuse#.UXm5A6L5XTo
Country singer William Matthew “Billy” Currington, whose hometown is Rincon, was indicted Wednesday for terrorizing a 70-year-old Tybee Island resident this month.
5. GEORGIA (Tybee Island), KTLA, April 24, 2013
Singer Billy Currington Indicted on Terroristic Threat Charges
http://ktla.com/2013/04/24/country-artist-billy-currington-indicted-on-elder-abuse-making-terroristic-threats/#axzz2RWISqDnX
Country singer Billy Currington is a wanted man, indicted on charges of making terroristic threats and the abuse of an elderly person by a Georgia grand jury. A Savannah judge issued a bench warrant for Currington’s arrest after the indictment was handed up by a Chatham County grand jury that “found sufficient evidence” against him, District Attorney Meg Heap said Wednesday.
6. ILLINOIS (Lake Forest), Gazebo News, April 23, 2013
Lake Forest Financial Advisor Found Guilty of Attempted Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
http://gazebonews.com/2013/04/23/lake-forest-financial-advisor-found-guilty-of-attempted-financial-exploitation-of-the-elderly/
Longtime Lake Forest resident and financial advisor James P. Richter was found guilty of Attempted Financial Exploitation of the Elderly on April 4 by the Lake County Circuit Court. According to public records, the Class A misdemeanor carries a sentence of 12 months conditional discharge including 100 hours of community service and a $500 contribution to a charity. He’s also required to avoid all contact with the two senior citizens at the center of the case.
7. NEW YORK (Manhattan), News and Insight, April 24, 2013
Lawyer must face claims he unduly influenced client to give him $1 mln
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/New_York/News/2013/04_-_April/Lawyer_must_face_claims_he_unduly_influenced_client_to_give_him_$1_mln/
A lawyer must face allegations that he used fraud and undue influence to convince his client to give him $1 million weeks before the client died, a New York state appeals court has ruled.
8. OKLAHOMA (Oklahoma City), Ardmoreite.com, April 24, 2013
House Passes Nursing Home Video Camera Bill
http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130424/NEWS/130429840/1001/NEWS?refresh=true
Under legislation approved unanimously by the Oklahoma House of Representatives, families of nursing home residents will be able to monitor the care of their loved ones.
9. PENNSYLVANIA (Schuylkill County), Republican Herald, April 25, 2013
SEAPA ready to kick off annual Silver Ribbon campaign
http://republicanherald.com/news/seapa-ready-to-kick-off-annual-silver-ribbon-campaign-1.1479193
Silver was on display at the Schuylkill County Courthouse on Wednesday as the Schuylkill Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance prepares for its annual Silver Ribbon campaign for Elder Abuse Awareness Month in May.
10. WASHINGTON (Federal Way), Federal Way Mirror, April 24, 2013
New funding helps dementia patients on antipsychotic meds
http://www.federalwaymirror.com/lifestyle/204531011.html
A regional ombudsman helped advocate for the rights of an 84-year-old nursing home resident who had been medicated with antipsychotics against his will. Ombudsmen investigated 4,493 complaints last year, and 92 percent of complaints were handled in-house rather than through the more expensive regulatory system. With a new grant from the Washington State Attorney General, the state's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) at Multi-Service Center will soon launch a consumer awareness program regarding the use of these antipsychotic drugs in elderly people with dementia.
11. INTERNATIONAL (Sydney, Australia), SBS World News Australia, April 24, 2013
Buttrose slams drugging dementia patients
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1759590/Buttrose-slams-drugging-dementia-patients
Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose has slammed aged-care homes that chemically restrain dementia patients with anti-psychotic medications and tie them to chairs and beds. The president of Alzheimer's Australia says the majority of nursing homes struggle to provide appropriate care to people with dementia.
12. INTERNATIONAL (Cornwall, Canada), Cornwall Free News, April 25, 2013
Trial is About Gay Marriage Rights at Cornwall Ontario Trial
http://cornwallfreenews.com/2013/04/alleged-elder-abuser-dr-sheridan-diaz-claims-trial-is-about-gay-marriage-rights-at-cornwall-ontario-trial/
In an unusual twist Dr. Sheridan (Sherry) Diaz suggested that her trial was more about Gay Marriage and spousal rights than Elder Abuse.
13. INTERNATIONAL (Estevan, Canada), Estevan Mercury, April 24, 2013
Review into abuse accusations at Estevan Regional Nursing Home complete
http://www.estevanmercury.ca/article/20130424/ESTMERCURY0101/130429995/-1/estmercury/review-into-abuse-accusations-at-estevan-regional-nursing-home
A review of the operations and personnel at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home (ERNH) has been completed. The review came about as a result of accusations of possible abuse of one of the residents, by the resident's family. No abuse was found to have occurred.
14. INTERNATIONAL (Mississauga, Canada), Mississauga.com, April 24, 2013
Elder abuse report shows numbers on the decline
http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/1609860--elder-abuse-report-shows-numbers-on-the-decline
Reported cases of elder abuse in Peel are on the decline, according to a report that will be presented to the Peel Regional Police Services Board Friday. The annual report, titled Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse, shows that last year, Peel Regional Police investigated 31 allegations of elder abuse.
15. INTERNATIONAL (Owen Sound, Canada), Bayshore Broadcasting, April 24, 2013
Elder Abuse Workshop
http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=56433
Elder abuse will take centre stage on Wednesday at the Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound. Victim Services of Bruce Grey Owen Sound is hosting a "Preventing Elder Abuse" workshop.
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
1. GEORGIA (Atlanta), The Guardian, April 24, 2013
Federal court clears way for execution of mentally disabled Georgia man
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/24/federal-court-georgia-execution
A federal appeals court that had blocked the scheduled February execution of a Georgia man whose lawyers say is mentally disabled has lifted its stay, clearing the way for a new execution date.
2. IOWA (Atalissa), Quad-City Times, April 24, 2013
DHS: Disabled Henry’s workers berated, harmed daily
http://qctimes.com/news/local/dhs-disabled-henry-s-workers-berated-harmed-daily/article_1f94fc04-43f3-5295-90af-5473df4abfbc.html
Testimony at the Henry’s Turkey Service federal trial Wednesday offered a description of dark, filthy and violent living conditions experienced by 32 disabled workers over two years at a rural Iowa bunkhouse.
3. IOWA (Davenport), Press-Citizen, April 24, 2013
Witness: Disabled workers physically abused
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20130425/NEWS01/304250025/Witness-Disabled-workers-physically-abused?Local%20News
At least 11 of the mentally disabled employees of Henry’s Turkey Service were subjected to physical abuse, mostly at the hands of two of the “caretakers” who ran the Atalissa bunkhouse where the men were housed, a state social worker testified Wednesday.
4. INTERNATIONAL (Dublin, Ireland), Independent, April 25, 2013
Woman charged with disabled mum’s car theft
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-charged-with-disabled-mums-car-theft-29220772.html
A young Dublin woman appeared in court yesterday on a charge of unlawfully taking a car belonging to a disabled woman in Co Cavan. She was charged with the unauthorized taking of the vehicle belonging to a 30-year-old multiple sclerosis sufferer.
5. INTERNATIONAL (Omagh, Ireland), Ulster Herald, April 25, 2013
‘Vulnerable’ man was kidnapped, beaten with iron rod and left on road shoeless
http://ulsterherald.com/2013/04/25/vulnerable-man-was-kidnapped-beaten-with-iron-rod-and-left-on-road-shoeless/
A ‘vulnerable adult’ was kidnapped, beaten with an iron rod and dumped on a remote country road without his shoes – because he apparently owed £60. The shocking details of the incident were recalled at the Crown Court on Monday when two Omagh men and a teenager were sentenced for their roles in the crime. The kidnap was apparently carried out in order to get £60 from the victim who was described in an earlier hearing as a ‘vulnerable adult.’
RELATED ISSUES
1. TENNESSEE (Murfreesboro), News Channel 5, April 25, 2013
Missing Elderly Man With Dementia Found In Murfreesboro
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/22076812/alert-for-missing-elderly-man-in-murfreesboro
Murfreesboro Police said an elderly man with dementia reported missing Thursday morning has been found safe. Police said 79-year-old Huey Mingledorff returned home sometime around 11 a.m. His wife reported him missing when he did not make it to Ascend Bank after leaving his Waywood Drive home around 8:45 a.m. Mingledorff has dementia, depression and other issues.
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Funding Opportunities:
- April 30/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
- May 1, 2013
- Grants of up to $25,000 each from the Newman’s Own Award program, sponsored by the Fisher House Foundation, Military Times, and Newman’s Own. Grants will support the most creative programs that improve the lives of families with active members of the military or veterans. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that comprise mainly volunteers and improve the quality of life for families with members of the military who are active duty, reserve, guard, or veterans
- Contact: Fisher House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, Md. 20850; (301) 294-8560
- For more information: http://www.fisherhouse.org/programs/newmans-own-award/newmans-own-award
- May 1, 2013
- The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation offers competitive grants to nonprofit, grass-roots community organizing groups throughout the United States. Grants of up to $20,000 each will support organizations working to bring about progressive social change by focusing on the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems through constituent-led organizing and activist strategies. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with budgets under $500,000. Applicants with fiscal agents that have tax-exempt status are also eligible.
- Contact: Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, 30 Community Drive, South Burlington, VT, 05403; (802) 846-1500
- For more information: http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/the-grassroots-organizing-for-social-change-program.html#
- 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
- May 2, 2013
- Pre-applicants 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. Grants will not support general program costs, overhead, attorney fees, or international claims.
- Contact: Impact Fund, 125 University Avenue, Suite 102, Berkeley, Calif., 94710; (510) 845-3473
- For more information: http://www.impactfund.org/index.php?cat_id=71
- May 15, 2013
- Kendal Charitable Funds (KCF) is seeking proposals for promising innovations that will transform the experience of aging. We are interested in ideas that can enhance the lives of an aging population, whether through services, research, and/or developing new understandings and awareness of the issue and opportunities. We are looking for pilot projects that address one or more of these criteria. We will give priority to opportunities that have the greatest potential for change and replication, for the greatest number of individuals.
- The proposed project must address one or more non-institutionalized populations, focusing on the following topic:
- Elder Abuse: Identification and/or Prevention of one or more of the following
- Financial
- Physical
- Emotional
- Sexual
- For more information: www.kendalcharitablefunds.org
- May 20, 2013
- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for research and evaluation relating to abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals and residents of residential care facilities. This research furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels.
- For more information: https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001043.pdf
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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):
· 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 6th 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 16th Annual Kern County Elder Abuse Prevention Conference will be themed “Self Neglect Topics: Hoarding & Grief, Loss, and Trauma.” The conference will take place on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Hodel’s Country Dining. For more information: http://www.co.kern.ca.us/aas/pdf/elder-abuse-conf-2013.pdf.
· The National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) Annual Training Conference 2013 will take place at the Westin San Diego in San Diego, California and will feature a keynote on Elder Abuse. The conference will take place from May 29-31, 2013. For more info: http://www.nanasp.org/upcomingconferences.html
· The Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (VCPEA) will hold its 19th annual conference in Virginia Beach at the Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center on May 29-31, 2013. Conference information was been posted on the VCPEA website at http://www.vcpea.org
· The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Criminal Justice Institute presents an Elder Justice Symposium for attorneys, law enforcement personnel, health care and mental health care professionals, social service providers and victim advocates. The symposium will be on June 27, 2013, at the Almansor Court Banquet Center in Alhambra, California. For more information: http://da.lacounty.gov/cji/ea062713.htm
· 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 18th 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 24th Annual NAPSA Conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota October 2-3, 2013, followed by The 4th Annual NAPSA Summit on Elder Financial Exploitation on October 4, 2013. For more information: http://www.napsa-now.org/get-connected/annual-conference/
· The 2nd 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/
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