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NCEA Newsfeed – Thursday, July 19, 2012

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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          ARIZONA (Tucson), Arizona Daily Star, July 18, 2012
Health-care workers arrested in separate elder-abuse cases
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/health-care-workers-arrested-in-separate-elder-abuse-cases/article_014c4e42-702c-5a8c-9b24-2c73ca89b4c3.html
Two women in the health-care industry have been arrested separately in the last two days on suspicion of abusing elderly dementia patients they had been hired to care for, officials say.

2.         ARIZONA (Tucson), KVOA, July 18, 2012
Elder abuse, theft and fraud allegations
http://www.kvoa.com/news/elder-abuse-theft-and-fraud-allegations/
Two health care workers are accused in two separate crimes against the older adults they were hired to care for. Court documents detail alleged physical abuse and fraud, including forged checks.

3.         CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles), Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2012
Unreported elder abuse rife among Latino seniors, study finds
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/elder-abuse-latino-seniors-study.html
Elderly, low-income Latinos suffer high rates of abuse but their mistreatment goes largely unreported, a new study has found.

4.         CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles), USC News, July 19, 2012
USC Study Examines Abuse of Low-Income Latino Elders
http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/37867/usc-study-examines-abuse-of-low-income-latino-elders/
More than 40 percent of Latino elders told Spanish-speaking interviewers that they had been abused or neglected in the last year — yet only 1.5 percent of victims said they had ever reported the abuse to authorities.

5.         CALIFORNIA (Murrieta), NC Times, July 16, 2012
MURRIETA: Pair pleads guilty to burglary of elderly Murrieta woman
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/murrieta/murrieta-pair-pleads-guilty-to-burglary-of-elderly-murrieta-woman/article_8f062940-ed46-524a-ae1c-dc16374db9f9.html
A Menifee man and a Sun City women were sentenced Friday at Southwest Justice Center after pleading guilty to charges that they stole cash, credit cards and a handgun from an elderly Murrieta woman while posing as health care workers.

6.         CALIFORNIA (Pasadena), Pasadena Sun, July 19, 2012
Report: Two Pasadena nursing homes neglected residents
http://www.pasadenasun.com/the626now/tn-pas-0719-pasadena-nursing-homes,0,4093468.story
Two Pasadena nursing homes failed to provide residents with adequate care, in some cases endangering patients and letting mentally ill patients sign for their own treatment, according to state investigators.

7.         CALIFORNIA (San Jose), Mercury News, July 18, 2012
Forgetting the elderly: The roots of abuse
http://www.mercurynews.com/scott-herhold/ci_21102986/forgetting-elderly-roots-abuse
A 56-year-old man tells the story of how he had lived for 10 years as a virtual prisoner inside an unlicensed San Jose nursing home facility. The dozen residents lived in squalor, three to a room. If they left their quarters without permission or displeased the caretakers, they were slapped, punched, kicked or swatted with a cane. They were forbidden toilet paper.

8.         CALIFORNIA (San Jose), CBS Local, July 16, 2012
San Jose Family Arraigned On Elder Abuse, Animal Neglect
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/16/san-jose-family-arraigned-on-elder-abuse-animal-neglect/
Five family members charged with severely neglecting a dozen mentally disabled adults in their care in an upscale San Jose home appeared in court Monday.

9.         CALIFORNIA (San Jose), United Press International, July 17, 2012
5 charged with elder abuse, animal neglect
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/07/17/5-charged-with-elder-abuse-animal-neglect/UPI-47091342525715/
Members of a San Jose, Calif., family accused of elder abuse and animal neglect were arraigned in Santa Clara County Superior Court. San Jose police arrested the family members in May after discovering about a dozen elderly and mentally disabled men and women living in squalid conditions with 25 dogs.

10.       CALIFORNIA (Silicon Valley), Mercury News, July 17, 2012
Wandering and Wondering
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_21096645/wandering-and-wondering
The “Grandparent Scam” involves preying on seniors by calling or emailing them, pretending to be a grandchild in trouble and begging them to wire cash for emergency expenses like bail money or airline tickets. Responsible organizations like AARP, Western Union, and Consumer Reports warn elders to beware of such phony phone calls and emails. Unfortunately, thousands of seniors have fallen victim to these scams, losing millions of dollars in the process

11.       CALIFORNIA (Tarzana), Encino-Tarzana Patch, July 18, 2012
Operation Guardians Reports Show ‘Rampant Abuse and Neglect’ at Local Nursing Home
http://encino.patch.com/articles/operation-guardians-reports-show-rampant-abuse-and-neglect-at-two-local-nursing-homes
A state Department of Justice program report made public Tuesday has found a Tarzana elder care facility to have substandard physician services and problems with polypharmacy and end-of-life care.

12.       CONNECTICUT (Salisbury), Litchfield County Times, July 18, 2012
On Anniversary of Tom Drew’s Disappearance, His Fate Points to Important Elder Care Issues in Connecticut
http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2012/07/18/news/doc50074b5175c3d189300666.txt
The unsolved case of Tom Drew, the elderly man who mysteriously vanished from his Salisbury home five years ago this weekend, is emblematic of looming issues facing an aging populace. The baby boomers have become the senior boomers.

13.       ILLINOIS (Riverside), Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, July 19, 2012
Mary Jane Duffy’s plight was known to authorities
http://www.rblandmark.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=9206
A elderly woman was told by the Illinois Department of Human Services that she was no longer eligible for services that could have kept her away from her husband. Because of this colossal gap in care, she died a slow, miserable death at the hands of her abuser. The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide as the result of neglect.

14.       MICHIGAN (Flint), MLIve.com, July 17, 2012
Sheriff Robert Pickell’s fan giveaway Tuesday draws masses amid heat
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/07/sheriff_robert_pickells_fan_gi.html
Senior citizens lined up Tuesday to receive one of 200 fans from County Sheriff Pickell on the lawn of the sheriff's department and also grab a hot dog and water. Pickell's Elder Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Program and Adult Protective and Assessment Services, a nonprofit group set up to support the elder abuse program, sponsored the cookout and giveaway, which is being funded by APAS, Pickell said.

15.       NEW HAMPSHIRE (Ossipee), Union Leader, July 18, 2012
80-year-old tells police of abuse
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120718/NEWS03/707199944
A West Ossipee husband and wife were arrested and charged with felony elder abuse after police used an entry ram to break down the door of their residence. The couple allegedly held the husband’s mother against her will for several months, failed to provide her with prescribed medications and did not seek medical attention after the woman fractured her hip.

16.       NEW HAMPSHIRE (Ossipee), Conway Daily Sun, July 18, 2012
Elderly woman with broken hip was allegedly held captive by family members
http://www.conwaydailysun.com/index.php/newsx/local-news/91424-ossipee-071912
A husband and wife were charged with criminal neglect of the elderly and criminal restraint for allegedly confining the man’s mother illegally, keeping her from medication and failing to provide her medical treatment in the face of a serious injury.

17.       NEW HAMPSHIRE, (Ossipee), WHDH, July 19, 2012
Man accused of abusing, stealing from mother in NH
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12008043191490/man-accused-of-abusing-stealing-from-mother-in-nh/
A case of alleged elder abuse has pitted brother against brother. One brother says the other abused and stole from their own mother after a private investigator found the woman with a broken hip at a home in New Hampshire.

18.       NEW YORK (Albany), New York Post, July 18, 2012
Benihana boss’ will fillets kids
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/benihana_boss_will_fillets_kids_tJArD8J1N1QrYZz11XXx8I?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local
The children of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki can be chopped out of his estate, an appeals court ruled yesterday. A five-judge panel ruled that there was no evidence of undue influence, and that it appeared the real reason he’d excised the kids — who were left everything in an earlier will — was because they damaged the company while trying to keep it out of their stepmother’s hands, despite Aoki’s pleas for peace.

19.       NEW YORK (White Plains), Ag.Ny.Gov, July 18, 2012
A.G. Schneiderman Launches “Smart Seniors,” A Statewide Elder Abuse Prevention Program
http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-launches-%E2%80%9Csmart-seniors%E2%80%9D-statewide-elder-abuse-prevention-program
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the launch of “Smart Seniors,” a statewide elder abuse prevention program designed to help seniors identify potential scams and abuses before they happen, and provide them with information they can use to stay safe and healthy in their daily lives.

20.       OHIO (Cleveland), Cleveland.com, July 17, 2012
Cleveland forum on financial exploitation of the elderly
http://www.cleveland.com/consumeraffairs/index.ssf/2012/07/cfpb_official_to_speak_at_foru.html
The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's effort to protect older Americans will speak in Cleveland next week. Hubert "Skip" Humphrey III will give the keynote speech at a free forum on financial abuse and the elderly. The forum explore ways that the professionals who come into contact with senior citizens can help protect them, said Richard Browdie, president of the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging.

21.       VIRGINIA (Greene County), Greene County Record, July 18, 2012
Residents encouraged to stop elderly abuse
http://www2.greene-news.com/news/2012/jul/18/residents-encouraged-stop-eldery-abuse-ar-2066584/#comment_form
Working with the Jefferson Area Board for Aging’s Greene Community Center, TRIAD recently hosted an information session to educate area seniors and residents about the need for a vigilant community to help prevent elder abuse.

22.       INTERNATIONAL (Sudbury, Canada), The Sudbury Star, July 18, 2012
Elder abuse commercials shock forum
http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/07/18/elder-abuse-commercials-shock-forum
Three short commercials to raise awareness about elder abuse drew gasps and shout-outs from some of the 120 people attending a day-long symposium. The commercials were produced by the Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.

23.       INTERNATIONAL (Toronto, Canada), Two Circles, July 17, 2012
Azhar bats for the elderly at PEACE event in Canada
http://twocircles.net/2012jul17/azhar_bats_elderly_peace_event_canada.html
Cricketing legend and Member of Indian Parliament Mohammad Azharuddin has decided to become an ambassador of PEACE Services in its campaign to stomp out elder abuse and to work towards creating dignified lifestyles for the elderly. He made an announcement to the effect at a fundraising dinner in Toronto of PEACE (Prevention of Elder Abuse and Community Education) Services, an organization dedicated to bring hope and happiness in the lives of seniors.

24.       INTERNATIONAL (West Sussex, England), Fenland Citizen, July 19, 2012
Launch of March elder abuse group
http://www.fenlandcitizen.co.uk/community/community-news/launch-of-march-elder-abuse-group-1-4071278
Action on Elder Abuse (AEA), is a newly-established national charity funded by Comic Relief for four years from 2008-2011 to consult victims of elder abuse and develop and pilot a process to support victims to recover from the psychological and emotional effects of their experiences.

25.       INTERNATIONAL (Dublin, Ireland), Irish Times, July 19, 2012 (Opinion)
New ‘both sides’ ban on solicitors
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2012/0719/1224320379674.html
The decision by the Law Society to ban a solicitor from acting for both sides in property transactions is both welcome and long overdue

26.       INTERNATIONAL (York, United Kingdom), York Press, July 19, 2012
Care home abuse case is adjourned
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9825653.Care_home_abuse_case_is_adjourned/
A nurse accused of branding dementia patients “disgusting” and threatening to strangle a woman with a scarf is must wait to learn the outcome of her disciplinary hearing.

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

·   National Survey on Abuse of People with Disabilities:  Add your knowledge and expertise regarding abuse and individuals with any type of disability across the  lifespan.  Take the survey then forward it widely, to help in the dissemination effort. Click here to take the survey.

●    The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators, through a grant from OVC, is seeking proposals for projects to raise public awareness of victims’ rights and services in communities during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 21-27, 2013. For more information and an application, visit the NCVRW Community Awareness Projects site. The deadline to apply is July 18, 2012.

●    Texas Summit on Elder Financial Exploitation sponsored by the Houston Financial Abuse Specialist Team and Better Business Bureau Education Foundation will take place Friday, August 3, 2012, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
http://houston.bbb.org/texas-elder-financial-exploitation-summit/

●   Due to popular demand, the 2013 Aging in America Call for Proposals is open until August 10, 2012. Submit a proposal here:  http://asaging.org/call-proposals-2013-aging-america-conference

●    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 Ruleshttp://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/

·       American Public Health Association’s 140^th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 27-31, 2012 in San Francisco, California. The theme this year is Prevention and Wellness Across the Life Span. For details, visit: http://www.apha.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting/

·       The Gerontological Society of America’s Sixty-Fifth Annual Scientific Meeting, Charting Frontiers in Aging, will take place from November 14-18, 2012, in San Diego, California. For details, visit: http://www.geron.org/annual-meeting

·         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

National Center on Elder Abuse

Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect

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Program in Geriatrics

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Orange, CA 92868

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