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NCEA Newsfeed – Thursday, May 3, 2012 (only 42 days until World Elder Abuse Awareness Day)

Join the conversation on Friday, May 4^th as the Consumer Voice (a sub-grantee to the National Center on Elder Abuse) hosts Facebook First Friday starting at 9am (ET). The topic for this month is a challenging and very important one – elder abuse.

Go to the Consumer Voice’s Facebook page to follow and add to the conversation about elder abuse in LTC. http://www.facebook.com/theconsumervoice?ref=pb  

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!

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

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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED

1.         CALIFORNIA (Cerritos), Cerritos Patch, April 30, 2012
Investigation Into Death of 93-Year-Old Woman Results in Arrest of Son in Cerritos
http://cerritos.patch.com/articles/sue-west-elder-abuse-and-neglect-north-hollywood-john-west-two-year-investigation-into-death-of-93-year-old-results-in-arrest-of-son-in-cerritos
An extensive 18-month long investigation into the death of a 93-year-old North Hollywood woman has resulted in the homicide arrest of her 61-year-old son, police said today. Police were suspicious from the beginning, because a coroner's investigation suggested that she had not died from natural causes, but rather long-term elder abuse and neglect.

2.         CALIFORNIA (Fresno), KSEE 24, May 3, 2012
Second Arrest for Fresno Woman Accused of Elder Abuse, Embezzlement
http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Second-Arrest-for-Fresno-Woman-Accused-of-Elder-Abuse-Embezzlement-150036595.html
Fresno County Sheriff deputies have arrested a Fresno woman on additional felony charges stemming from an ongoing elder abuse investigation. The suspect was previously arrested in March on three counts of felony embezzlement and 14 counts of felony elder abuse.

3.         CALIFORNIA (Frenso), KMPH.com, May 3, 2012
Elder Abuse Investigation; Woman Arrested Again
http://www.kmph.com/story/18118225/elder-abuse-investigation-woman-arrested-again
Fresno County Sheriff's Detectives say they've re-arrested a woman suspected of elder abuse because they've found more victims.

4.         CALIFORNIA (Fresno), Fresno Bee, May 3, 2012
New evidence throws elder abuse suspect back in jail
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/05/03/2823701/new-evidence-throws-elder-abuse.html
A woman who bailed out of the Fresno County Jail on elder abuse and embezzlement charges is back in custody after more victims were identified, the Sheriff's Office says.

5.         CALIFORNIA (Santa Cruz), Mercury News, May 2, 2012
Trial continuing for gardener accused of financially exploiting woman and her son: Relatives allege financial elder abuse, fraud
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20534969/trial-continuing-gardener-accused-financially-exploiting-woman-and
Testimony continued Wednesday in the case of a caretaker accused of financially exploiting a Santa Cruz woman in her 80s and her blind adult son. The suspect claims that his employers willingly gave him around half a million dollars in exchange for his services.  

6.         COLORADO (Denver), McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and Assisted Living, May 1, 2012
Elder abuse bill pushed
http://www.mcknights.com/elder-abuse-bill-pushed/article/238735/
Lawmakers in Colorado are trying to change the fact that their state is one of only four that do not have mandatory reporting laws governing elder abuse.\

7.         ILLINOIS (Joliet), The Herald-News, May 3, 2012
State revoking license of Joliet nursing home
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news/12271638-418/state-revoking-license-of-joliet-nursing-home.html
State public health officials confirmed Wednesday they are in the process of revoking the license for a troubled Joliet nursing home.

8.         MISSOURI (Jefferson City), Columbia Missourian, May 2, 2012
Missouri House to debate expansion of elder abuse law
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/05/02/missouri-house-weigh-expansion-elder-abuse-law/
Legislation adding financial exploitation to crimes covered by Missouri’s elder abuse law is ready for debate in the Missouri House of Representatives. The bill would make it a crime for certain people in authority to take advantage of the state of mind of someone 60 years or older for financial gain. The provision would apply to people who have guardianship, power of attorney or some other financial management role for seniors.

9.         NEVADA (Las Vegas), KTNV, May 1, 2012
Man arrested in door-to-door vacuum selling scheme
http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/149734955.html
A man accused of stealing from seniors in a door-to-door vacuum selling scheme was arrested on Monday. The suspect allegedly targeted senior citizens as he went door-to-door selling old, broken vacuums he claimed were brand new.

10.       NEW YORK (Bronx), Empire State News, May 1, 2012
Bronx man charged with stealing more than $1.6 million from 85-year-old woman
http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20120501-4.html
An indictment accusing a Bronx of stealing more than $1.6 million from an 85-year old woman by withdrawing money from her bank and trust accounts without her authorization was announced Monday.

11.       NEW YORK (New York City), The Epoch Times, May 3, 2012
Elderly More Vulnerable to Financial Abuse
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/elderly-more-vulnerable-to-financial-abuse-231413.html
The highest reported form of elder abuse was found to be financial exploitation, including property theft, impersonation to access money, and using credit cards and the like without permission. A New York study found that elder abuse incidents are nearly 24 times higher than reported.

12.       NEW YORK (Star Lake), WWNYTV.com, May 3, 2012
Star Lake Woman Charged with Elder Abuse
http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Star-Lake-Woman-Charged-With-Elder-Abuse-149999905.html
St. Lawrence County sheriff deputies say a 33-year-old woman allegedly abused and neglected her 94-year-old father. Officials say he was suffering from 26 severe bed sores on his body, one being so deep that the man’s artificial hip from a recent surgery could be seen.

13.       NEW YORK (Star Lake), ABC 50, May 3, 2012
Star lake woman arrested; Charged with abuse and neglect of her 94 year old father
http://www.myabc50.com/news/local/story/Star-Lake-woman-arrested-Charged-with-abuse-and/JL2L7juuIk6MIbJ8jPuipQ.cspx
A St. Lawrence County woman has been arrested on a felony charge after an investigation revealed that she was abusing and neglecting her elderly father.

14.       NEW YORK (Star Lake), Watertown Daily Times, May 3, 2012
Star Lake woman accused of abusing elderly father
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20120503/NEWS09/705039721
A Star Lake woman was charged Wednesday by St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies with felony endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.

15.       NORTH CAROLINA (Lexington), The Dispatch, May 2, 2012
Walk to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20120502/News/305029990
The Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging will hold the First World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Walk on June 16 at Triad Park in Kernersville.

16.       OREGON (Eugene), Register-Guard, May 1, 2012
Pair face charges of theft from victim, 84
http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/27999839-55/bimla-boyd-adult-feared-disabled.html.csp
An 84-year-old disabled man got a restraining order against his jailed former caregiver last week after telling a judge that he feared Bimla Boyd and a co-defendant were plotting to kill him.

17.       OREGON (Forest Grove), KATU, May 3, 2012
New law helps protect the elderly
http://www.katu.com/news/local/New-law-helps-protect-the-elderly-150088805.html
A new law to fight elder abuse is now in effect. Under the previous law, a person guilty of elder abuse could have the crime expunged from their record. But this is not an option with House Bill 4084, which was signed into law by Governor John Kitzhaber on March 27. The law states that the crime will permanently stay on a perpetrator’s record.

18.       PENNSYLVANIA (Schuylkill, Pennsylvania), Republican Herald, May 3, 2012
Thousands of silver ribbons to be given out in Schuylkill to raise awareness of elder abuse
http://republicanherald.com/news/thousands-of-silver-ribbons-to-be-given-out-in-schuylkill-to-raise-awareness-of-elder-abuse-1.1309754
The Board of Directors of the Schuylkill Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance decided to change Silver Ribbon Week to Silver Ribbon Month this year. This week they’re going to deliver about 3,000 small ribbons and about 110 large ribbons to businesses, nursing homes and other organizations which request them. The businesses, in turn, give them out to customers.

19.       TEXAS (Amarillo), News Channel 10, May 2, 2012
Elderly abuse, neglect and exploitation affecting  Texans
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/18066068/preventing-elderly-abuse-through-awareness
Nearly 25-thousand elderly people were victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation in 2011, according to Adult Protective Services in Texas.

20.       INTERNATIONAL (Southampton, Bermuda), Royal Gazette, May 1, 2012
Politicians offer praise in wake of senior abuse sisters’ convictions
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120501/NEWS02/705019928
Health Minister Zane DeSilva and Opposition MP Louise Jackson have praised the officials who helped secure senior abuse convictions for Lorraine Smith and Audra-Ann Bean after they stole almost half a million dollars from their grandmother.

21.       INTERNATIONAL (Southampton, Bermuda), Royal Gazette, May 2, 2012
Call for senior to be protected from further abuse
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120502/NEWS/705029927
Experts are concerned that an elderly woman who was recently rescued from the exploitative hands of her granddaughters needs protection from abuse in the future.

22.       INTERNATIONAL (British Columbia, Canada), The Golden Star, May 1, 2012
New Horizons Grants announced
http://www.thegoldenstar.net/news/149721855.html
Seniors across the Kootenay Columbia will soon have new opportunities to volunteer, mentor younger generations and help raise awareness of elder abuse thanks to funding through the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP)

23.       INTERNATIONAL (Montreal, Canada), Montreal Gazette, May 2, 2012
Why stiffer sentences for elder abuse won’t solve the problem
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/stiffer+sentences+elder+abuse+solve+problem/6548922/story.html
The author of this article warns that harsher penalties for perpetrators of elder abuse does not address the different types and degrees of the crime. Instead, he suggests that the Canadian government invest in education programs, public sensitization, telephone hotlines, etc.

24.       INTERNATIONAL (Ontario, Canada), Canada.com, May 2, 2012
Elder Abuse Talk
http://www.canada.com/Elder+abuse+talk/6551415/story.html
A free talk presentation and discussion will be presented at the Campbell River Library on Thursday, May 10 at 2 p.m., on the subject of elder abuse in Canada.

25.       INTERNATIONAL (Ottawa, Canada), Global Toronto, May 2, 2012
Focus groups found proposed elder abuse commercial too creepy for TV
http://www.globaltoronto.com/canada/focus+groups+found+proposed+elder+abuse+commercial+too+creepy+for+tv/6442632870/story.html
A proposed tough-on-crime TV spot about elder abuse proved a little too creepy for seniors, new documents show. Some described the 30-second commercial as “off-putting/frightening.”

26.       INTERNATIONAL (Vancouver, Canada), The Vancouver Sun, May 3, 2012
More effort urged to stop abuse of older women
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/More+effort+urged+stop+abuse+older+women/6557584/story.html
It has been claimed that the system designed to help women escape abuse lacks people with knowledge to help the demographic most in need of help: seniors.

27.       INTERNATIONAL (Merton, United Kingdom), Your Local Guardian, May 3, 2012
Merton Council report reveals 52 per cent rise in abuse of elderly
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wimbledonnews/9684213.Report_reveals_52_per_cent_rise_in_abuse_of_elderly/
Between April and March 2011, Merton Council received 376 reports of abuse against the elderly with nearly all cases occurring in their own home - which represents a 52 per cent rise on the previous year’s figures. Of the abuse reported 65 per cent was said to have been committed unintentionally with 71 per cent of abuse alleged to have been carried out by a family member.

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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):

·         The theme for the May 4, 2012 Consumer Voice’s Facebook First Friday event will be Elder Abuse.  Go to the Consumer Voice’s Face book page on that day to follow and add to the conversation about elder abuse in LTC. http://www.facebook.com/theconsumervoice?ref=pb

·         San Luis Obispo Adult Abuse Prevention Council’ 20^th Annual Adult Abuse Prevention Seminar will take place on May 4, 20128:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Paso Robles School District, Culinary Institute, 1900 Golden Hill Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446 For more information, please phone: (805) 785-0132; Fax (805) 785-0134; Email Ltcomb17@kcbx.net, Registration Deadline April 30, 2012

·         The 15^th Annual Kern County Elder Abuse Prevention Conference will be held on May 17, 2012 in Bakersfield, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.co.kern.ca.us/aas/pdf/elder-abuse-conf-2012.pdf

·         Legal Assistance for Seniors presents their 7^th Annual Conference on Elder Abuse will take place on May 21, 2012 at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Register at http://elderabuseconference.eventbrite.com

·         Providing Trauma-Informed Care to Sexual Violence Survivors in Later Life. A free webinar presented by the Lifespan project of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Presenters will be Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik, PhD, Nancy Newton, MFA, and Karla Vierthaler, MPA. RSVP to kdaugherty@nsvrc.org

·         Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse 18th Annual Conference, May 30 - June 1, 2012, Virginia Beach Resort & Conference Center, Virginia Beach, VA. Online Registration at www.VCPEA.org

·         Tools of the Trade – Building Financial Exploitation Cases, in Orlando, Florida, June 6-8, 2012. Presented by the Florida Attorney General’s Office and the Florida Bar Elder Law Section’s, Committee on Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation. More information at: http://www.fcpti.com/fcpti.nsf/forms/994CFB73522535CA852579CD0072AAA1

●    2012 Florida Conference on Aging (August 20-22, 2012).  Presented by The Florida Council on Aging  (FCOA) and the Florida Association of Aging Services Providers (FASP), in partnership with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA). The theme this year will be Aging: New Game – New Rules http://www.fcoa.org/FCOA%20Sponsor%20Brochure%202012%20FINAL.pdf

·         The Consumer Voice recently announced a brand new "Advocacy in Action" day of training, sharing and advocating, September 10, 2012 in Washington, DC and they will host our day of training in conjunction with the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) National Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Conference starting September 11th.

●    The 19th Annual New York State Adult Abuse Training Institute will be held October 2-4, 2012, Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Albany , New York . This year’s theme is Broken Trust: How to Recognize and Respond to Financial Exploitation. Oct 2 : Financial Exploitation Summit. More information: http://www.compassionandsupport.org/pdfs/news/10212-AATIConf.pdf

●    2012 NAPSA Conference: Ending Adult Abuse: On the Horizon? (October 16-18).  This event in Phoenix, Arizona will be followed by the 3rd Annual Elder Financial Exploitation Summit on October 19, 2012. Email info@apsnetwork.org for more information.

·         Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, 25th Annual National Summit, Enabling Caring Communities: Promoting Evidence-Based Programs Across the Lifespan, October 24-25, 2012, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA  For more information go to : http://www.rosalynncarter.org/

·         California District Attorneys Association 2012 National Elder Abuse Symposium (December 4-7, 2012) Guest speakers to include Paul Greenwood, San Diego County Deputy District Attorney, Bob Nichols, Retired Marin County Deputy District Attorney, and many more. More information coming soon

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Orange, CA 92868

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