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NCEA Newsfeed – Monday, July 30, 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.         CALIFORNIA (Hemet), Banning-Beaumont Patch, July 28, 2012
Roommate Tricks Elderly Woman in Home Invasion, Police Say
http://banning-beaumont.patch.com/articles/roommate-tricks-elderly-woman-in-home-invasion-police-say
An elderly Hemet woman was allegedly tricked by her roommate into letting a robber into her home who took her car and other valuables, according to a sheriff's department spokesman. The intruder took money, electronics and her car, and told the woman that her neighbor was being kidnapped.

 

2.         CALIFORNIA (Menifee), The Press-Enterprise, July 27, 2012
MENIFEE: Man charged with injuring elderly mother arrested
http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/menifee/menifee-headlines/20120727-menifee-man-charged-with-injuring-elderly-mother-arrested-again.ece
A 56-year-old man — already facing elder abuse charges against his mother —was arrested at her home in Menifee on suspicion of violating sex offender registry requirements stemming from a past conviction, authorities said. The elder abuse charges were made last October when the suspect’s mother went to the emergency room, telling a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy that she had been punched in the face by her son at dinner.

 

3.         CALIFORNIA (Mill Valley), Mill Valley Patch, July 27, 2012
Woman Arrested for Alleged Financial Elder Abuse
http://millvalley.patch.com/articles/woman-arrested-for-alleged-financial-elder-abuse
Mill Valley Police arrested a Richmond woman Thursday on suspicion of stealing checks from an elderly Mill Valley resident she was caring for and cashing them to the tune of more than $5,000.

 

4.         CALIFORNIA (Mill Valley), Marin Independent Journal, July 27, 2012
Mill Valley caretaker accused of embezzling from 84-year-old client
http://www.marinij.com/millvalley/ci_21176039/mill-valley-caretaker-accused-embezzling-from-84-year
A caretaker was arrested on allegations she embezzled more than $5,000 from an 84-year-old Mill Valley resident. She is suspected of stealing the victim’s personal checks, forging the signature and cashing them.

 

5.         FLORIDA (Fort Lauderdale), Miami Herald, July 28, 2012 (Opinion)
Stacked task force useless on ALF reform
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/28/2916401/stacked-task-force-useless-on.html
The author expresses deep frustration with the ineffectiveness of the task force charged with reforming Florida’s assisted living facilities (ALFs). “Gov. Rick Scott filled most of the seats with ALF industry insiders and advocates and two legislators famously cozy with ALF operators. . . Former Secretary of Elder Affairs Bentley Lipscomb warned The Herald last year that the workgroup would hardly do much that might inconvenience ALFs. ‘Based on what I’ve seen so far, I don’t expect much out of any of this,’ he said.”

 

7.         ILLINOIS (Chicago), Sacramento Bee, July 29, 2012
New Illinois laws aim to protect elderly
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/29/4671119/new-illinois-laws-aim-to-protect.html
New laws signed by Gov. Pat Quinn this weekend are aimed at protecting the elderly in Illinois by increasing oversight of caregivers and making it easier for authorities to respond to cases of abuse or neglect. One of the new pieces of legislation allows prosecutors to ask a court to freeze a suspect's assets if he is charged with financial exploitation of an elderly person. That's meant to keep a defendant from spending stolen money before restitution is collected.

 

8.         ILLINOIS (Springfield), The Examiner, July 29, 2012
Governor Quinn signs new laws to protect Illinois seniors
http://www.examiner.com/article/governor-quinn-signs-new-laws-to-protect-illinois-seniors
Governor Pat Quinn continued his commitment to protecting Illinois seniors by signing several new laws to protect senior citizens in Illinois. The new laws will promote safety, increase oversight and accountability for caregivers and help authorities identify and respond to reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation.

 

9.         ILLINOIS (Springfield), Courier Press, July 28, 2012
Illinois adopts new laws to protect burgeoning ‘senior’ population
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/jul/28/no-headline---new_ill-_laws/
In Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn has signed into law a dozen new measures aimed at protecting state's growing senior citizen population.

 

10.       ILLINOIS (Springfield), The Daily Herald, July 26, 2012
State health chief turns over records for DuPage abuse probe
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120726/news/707269767/
A judge vacated an order compelling the state’s public health director to appear in court after his office reversed course and turned over documents related to an ongoing probe of potential elder abuse at DuPage County nursing homes, officials said.

 

11.       MASSACHUSETTS (Brockton), The Eagle-Tribune, July 29, 2012
Elderly risk abuse in their own homes
http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x1495164019/Elderly-risk-abuse-in-their-own-homes
Massachusetts is one of a handful of states in the nation that does not license or regulate the burgeoning private-pay home care industry, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting has found. These are agencies that do not work under either a federal or state contract, but provide assistance like companionship, housekeeping and cooking to families that shoulder the costs alone.

 

12.       OHIO (Columbus), The Columbus Dispatch, July 30, 2012
Ohio nursing-home citations jump as government payments cut
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/07/30/ohio-nursing-home-citations-jump-as-government-payments-cut.html
During the state’s past fiscal year, Ohio’s nursing homes were cited nearly twice as often as in the previous year for putting patients at serious risk of harm. The jump in “immediate jeopardy” citations in the 2011-12 fiscal year coincides with cuts in the facilities’ Medicaid payments in July 2011 and a Medicare rate cut a few months later. But officials say it’s too soon to say whether the smaller government payments are undermining the quality of nursing-home care.

 

13.       OHIO (Zanesville), The Columbus Dispatch, July 28, 2012
Nursing home gets bonus, scrutiny
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/07/28/Nursing-home-gets-bonus-crutiny.html
Federal officials are on the verge of terminating a nursing home’s Medicare and Medicaid certification for poor performance. Yet the home — Autumn Healthcare of Zanesville — met enough of Ohio’s new quality-incentive measures to receive slightly higher Medicaid payments.

 

14.       TEXAS (Dallas), Dallas News, July 27, 2012
Mark McCay sentenced to probation in 4949 Swiss Ave. elder abuse trial
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2012/07/mark-mccay-sentenced-to-probation-in-4949-swiss-ave-elder-abuse-trial.html/
The trial of a man convicted of attempted theft in a case of potential elder-abuse over the 4949 Swiss Ave. estate ended today with a fine of $1,000 and a sentencing of four years on probation and 30 days in county jail.

 

15.       WISCONSIN (Wonewoc), Wisconsin News, July 30, 2012
Nursing home aide accused of abuse
http://www.wiscnews.com/juneaucountystartimes/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_b8cf97b4-da4a-11e1-8b50-0019bb2963f4.html
A Wonewoc woman charged in June with abuse of a patient at a New Lisbon nursing home made an initial appearance Wednesday in Juneau County Circuit Court. The suspect faces felony counts of abuse of a patient and aggravated battery.  She allegedly told a female resident, “I had sex with your husband and he had so much fun he died.”

 

16.       INTERNATIONAL (Mumbai, India), Live Mint, July 30, 2012
A courtroom of (and for) grandparents
http://www.livemint.com/2012/07/30232125/A-courtroom-of-and-for-grand.html
A 96-year-old man is the first senior citizen in Maharashtra whose case is being heard by the tribunal set up under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The defendants are his son and grandson.

 

17.       INTERNATIONAL (Palikir, Micronesia), Marianas Variety, July 30, 2012
Panel recommends passage of bill protecting manamko’ and disabled from financial exploitation
http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/48370-panel-recommends-passage-of-bill-protecting-manamko-and-disabled-from-financial-exploitation.php
The House Committee on Health and Welfare has recommended the passage of House Bill 17-300 which protects the elderly and people with disabilities from financial exploitation. The measure will complement current laws protecting the vulnerable from physical abuse and mental cruelty.

 

18.  RELATED

FLORIDA (Palm Beach), Palm Beach Post, July 30, 2012
Florida’s waiting list for home-delivered meals more than doubles
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional/hunger-risk-grows-older-floridians/nP6ZF/
Since 2009, even as the risk of hunger for Americans overall has fallen, hunger among people 60 and older has grown, primarily among those just above the national poverty level, according to the national Senior Hunger Report Card, published in May by the Meals on Wheels Research Foundation. 

 

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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. 

●    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 29^th Annual Adult Protective Services Conference in San Antonio, Texas will take place November 13-16^th. The conference has attracted people from almost every state in the U.S., as well as attendees from Japan, Canada, England, Australia, and Mexico. http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Adult_Protection/Adult_Protective_Services_Confer...  

·       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

University of California, Irvine

Program in Geriatrics

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Orange, CA 92868

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