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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
NATIONAL, Wealth Management, August 27, 2013 (Opinion)
Confronting predators: You’ve discovered elder abuse. What next?
http://wealthmanagement.com/client-relations/confronting-predators
Author Jonathan Reiff discusses Patricia A. Maisano’s July 2013 article, “Predatory Behaviors” and expands on her writing to prompt victims and advocates to take action against elder abuse.
ARIZONA, Tucson Citizen, August 29, 2013
Ten common scams targeting senior citizens
http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2013/08/29/ten-common-scams-targeting-senior-citizens/
Senior citizens are fraud targets for a variety of reasons such as excellent credit, owning their home, and do not always report the problem because they are unaware or ashamed that they have been defrauded. The Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona and the FBI want each senior citizen to be aware of these scam schemes that could be pursuing them.
CALIFORNIA (Redlands), PE Bloggers, August 29, 2013
Redlands: Banks didn’t question withdrawals, scam victim says
http://blog.pe.com/2013/08/29/redlands-banks-didnt-question-withdrawals-scam-victim-says/
The woman scammed out of $35,000 in cash told Redlands police that tellers at the two Bank of America branches where she withdrew the money never questioned the transactions even though a bank official said they are trained to do so.
ILLINOIS (Chicago), Courthouse News Services, August 30, 2013
She talked to Chuck, and didn’t like it
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/08/30/60736.htm
An elderly woman with 35 years of accounting experience claims in court that Charles Schwab took $650,000 but refused to invest it as she wanted, sent police to her house, and lost $14,000 for her while refusing to give the money back.
MICHIGAN (Flint), Mlive, August 27, 2013
Genesee Township woman pleads guilty in embezzlement case
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/08/genesee_township_woman_pleads.html
A Genesee Township woman has pleaded guilty after authorities claim she stole more than $4,000 from her elderly mother.
NEVADA, Las Vegas Sun, August 29, 2013
Woman claiming to provide home health care services sentenced for Medicaid fraud
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/29/woman-claiming-provide-home-health-care-services-s/
Rodriguez was employed by a home health care company to provide care — such as bathing, dressing, cleaning and preparing meals — to a Medicaid recipient, but an investigation revealed she never provided those services, officials said.
OREGON (Portland), Courthouse News Service, August 29, 2013
Veterans accuse senior-living retirement chain of elder abuse
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/08/29/60718.htm
A chain of retirement homes preyed on elderly veterans and their spouses by claiming a government pension plan would cover its expensive housing, then charging them thousands of dollars in deferred rent when the benefits fell through, the veterans claim in court.
SOUTH DAKOTA (Minnehaha County), ArgusLeader, August 30, 2013
Elder abuse case restarts because first jury couldn’t reach verdict
The case against an ex-nursing home worker charged with felony elder abuse will restart after a two-day trial resulted in a hung jury. She was accused of holding the elderly woman down and forcing her to take a cup of pills, as well as grabbing and pushing on the victim’s breast.
TEXAS (Trinity County), 14 news, August 29, 2013
Trinity emergency responders find man covered in ants, sitting in excrement
Trinity police are trying to raise awareness for neighbors to report questionable activity after finding a man sitting on his couch in his own excrement and covered in ants in his trailer house Wednesday evening.
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
FLORIDA (Osceola), Orlando Sentinel, August 29, 2013
Home health aide arrested, exploited disabled man, Osceola deputies say
A home health aide was arrested Wednesday after Osceola deputies said he opened a credit card in the name of a disabled man. He's also suspected of withdrawing thousands of dollars from the checking account of the man's 81-year-old mother.
GEORGIA (Dunwoody), wsbtv, August 29, 2013
Couple accused of abusing senior in her own home
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/couple-accused-abusing-senior-her-own-home/nZgyS/
A DeKalb County couple faces charges of assaulting and exploiting a disabled Dunwoody woman for at least two years. Dunwoody police said the husband and wife moved into a 65-year-old woman’s house in 2011 to act as the woman’s caretakers.
KANSAS (Topeka), cjonline: The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 28, 2013
Bates attorney: Leave him in Topeka mental health facility
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-08-28/bates-attorney-leave-him-topeka-mental-health-facility
Bates’ attorney wrote this week to leave Hal Colin Bates, the man found not guilty in the beating death of an 85-year-old Topeka woman in 2001 due to insanity, where he is in a Topeka mental health facility.
VIRGINIA (Winchester), pal-item, August 30, 2013
Neglect of dependent added to Winchester woman’s charges
A Winchester woman’s charges increased this week to neglect of a dependent due to police officers finding dead and alive cockroaches around the house, and a 1-year-old child and an adult with special needs wearing “filthy” clothes.
INTERNATIONAL (Britain), the Independent, August 29, 2013
Attacks on disabled people still rife-one year on from Paralympics triumph
The vast majority of disabled people in Britain feel there have been no improvement in attitudes towards them a year after the Paralympics and many feel stigmatized as “benefit scroungers” while suffering hostility and abuse, a leading charity has warned in the article.
INTERNATIONAL (Singapore), Channel News Asia, August 28, 2013
New drop-in program for disabled allows caregivers some time off
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-drop-in-programme-for/792884.html
Persons with disabilities can now go to two senior activity centers for a few hours a day, for free, as part of an effort to provide more adult care options for the disabled.
RELATED ISSUES
NATIONAL, Senior Journal, August 28, 2013
Decrease in antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients in nursing homes hailed by CMS
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Medicare/2013/20130828-Decrease_in_antipsychotic_drugs.htm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) cheered new data showing that nursing homes are moving away from the use of antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of patients with dementia and other behavioral health problems. Instead, the article states that they are pursuing more patient-centered treatment.
FLORIDA, Florida Today, August 28, 2013 (Opinion)
Caregivers can face false accusations
Dr. Pamela Tronetti lists false abuse accusation cases and addresses precautionary steps that caregivers should take to ensure safety of all parties.
MICHIGAN (Detroit), 7 abc wxyz, August 28, 2013
Police search for missing 85-year-old with dementia in Detroit
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/police-search-for-missing-85-year-old-with-dementia-in-detroit
The Detroit Police Department is asking for the public's help to locate a missing 85-year-old woman who has dementia. Police reported that the elderly woman’s daughter has been in a custody dispute with her brother regarding their mother.
NEWYORK (New York City), Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News GEN, August 28, 2013
Study distinguishes aging-associated memory loss from Alzheimer’s
A team of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers reported in Science Translational Medicine that a deficiency of a protein, RbAp48, significantly contributes to age-related memory loss, and that this memory loss differs on a molecular and anatomical level from that thought to be associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
VERMONT (Montpelier), mySA, August 28, 2013
Groups say deal made in suit over VT abuse probes
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Groups-say-development-in-abuse-suit-against-Vt-4766757.php
Vermont Legal Aid and Disability Rights Vermont said Wednesday that they had reached an agreement with the state oversight system to settle allegations it failed to promptly investigate regarding allegations of abuse and neglect.
VERMONT, VPR, August 28, 2013
Advocates settle with state over adult abuse cases
http://digital.vpr.net/post/advocates-settle-state-over-adult-abuse-cases
Social service advocates and the state have settled a lawsuit over the investigation of reports of adult abuse. Barbara Prine, lead attorney of Vermont Legal Aid, said the settlement reached with the state sets out a plan that requires the state to do a more thorough job of scrutinizing reports of abuse.
INTERNATIONAL (New Delhi, India), August 30, 2013
Dementia patients’ care givers to be trained on drug therapy
After a study found that compliance to drugs is poor among dementia patients, a government hospital here has initiated a program to make the care givers aware about right dosages of drugs and their side-affects.
INTERNATIONAL (United Kingdom), the Telegraph, August 28, 2013
Home carers being paid illegal poverty wages-study
A study by the Resolution Foundation think-tank estimates that some carers receive less than £5 an hour for their work – 20 per cent below the legal limit – after travelling time and work travel expenses are included.
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Funding Opportunities:
- 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
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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):
· 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 National Center for Victims of Crime’s National Conference will be held September 9-11, in Phoenix, Arizona, and will feature more than 130 leading experts and 72 skill-building workshops. Register at https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=20131952E. Sessions of special interest for those working with elder victims include the plenary "Pathways to Recovery: Helping Victims of Financial Fraud." Learn more and sign up today at www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=20131952E.
Workshops include:
· An Aging Network Response to Victims of Abuse and Neglect
· Financial Exploitation of People Later in Life
· Interstate Abduction Investigations
· Abuse in Later Life
· Expanding your Program Beyond the Traditional SANE Program: Elder Mistreatment, Child Mistreatment, Domestic Violence, and More
· Model Standards for Serving Victims and Survivors of Crime: New Standards on Privacy, Confidentiality, & Data Security
· Healing for Change: Your Wellness Plan and Secondary Trauma Prevention
· The 3rd Annual Sexuality, Intimacy & Aging Conference will be called “Helping to Navigate Challenges in Sexuality & Aging” and will be hosted at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania September 27-28, 2013. For more information: http://saconsortium.eventbrite.com/
· The 33rd Annual Mental Health & Aging Conference, “Innovative Perspectives on Mental Health & Aging,” will be held on October 8, 2013 at The Double Tree in Sacramento, California. For more information: www.sacmhac.net.
· 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 20th Annual New York State Adult Abuse Training Institute will be held on October 9-10, 2013 at the Albany Marriott Hotel in Albany, New York. For more information: http://brookdale.org/aati-2013/aati-2013/ To register for the 2013 Adult Abuse Training Institute: Go to brookdale.org, click on the NYS Adult Abuse Training Institute link and download the registration form. Please fax the completed form to (212) 396-7852; or email the completed form to afaustin@hunter.cuny.edu.
· The 37th Annual Consume Voice Conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia October 24-27, 2013. For additional information: http://www.theconsumervoice.org/events/annual-meetings
. The 21st Annual New Mexico Adult Abuse Conference will be held on October 24 and 25, 2013 in Albuquerque, NM . This year’s theme is “A Cornucopia of Learning, Knowledge and Services”. For information, contact Agapito J. Silva at Agapito.silva@state.nm.us or 505-841-4550.
· The 30th Annual Adult Protective Services Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas from November 19-22, 2013. For more information: https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Adult_Protection/Adult_Protective_Services_Conference/
· The 2nd Annual National Elder Abuse Symposium, hosted by the California District Attorneys Association, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Anaheim, California on December 3-6, 2013. Register here: http://www.cdaa.org/training/seminar-conference-registration?regevent_action=register&event_id=154
· The 3rd World Congress on Adult Guardianship will be convened on May 28-30, 2014 in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. It is sponsored by the National Guardianship Network in affiliation with the International Guardianship Network. The theme of the conference is, “Promising Practices to Ensure Excellence in Guardianship Around the World.” Proposals for presentations are due July 31. See http://worldcongressguardianship.org
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