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NCEA Newsfeed – Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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!

Funding Opportunities:

• The Marisla Foundation focuses on supporting women's programs dealing with homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence and vocational training.  The objective of the Marisla Foundation's Human Services Program is to assist women, primarily regarding their physical, mental and financial health.  Giving is national in focus, but the Marisla Foundation shows preference for California funding.  Last year, the Foundation distributed $36 million in grants.  Funding is limited to nonprofits. 
  For more information: https://online.foundationsource.com/public/home/marisla Deadline: October 15, 2012
• The Johnson Controls Foundation announced program grants to support education, health and hospitals, community funds, social services, including aid to the handicapped, care of children, and the aged; and civic, arts, and cultural organizations.  Johnson Controls tends to focus in areas where they have a presence, but will fund on a national basis. Extra consideration is given to organizations or institutions in which Johnson Controls employees are involved and are contributing their time and/or money.  Funds can be applied to annual campaigns, building/renovation (bricks and mortar), capital campaigns, continuing support, emergency funds employee matching gifts, employee-related scholarships, general/operating support, matching/challenge support, and seed money.  The Foundation distributed $6.7 million in grants in 2011.  Funding is limited to nonprofits.
  For more information:  http://www2.johnsoncontrols.com/CorpValues/foundation.htm#foundation  Rolling Deadline

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 (Pima County), Arizona Daily Star, September 10, 2012
Marana woman gets probation for stealing from dementia patient
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/marana-woman-gets-probation-for-stealing-from-dementia-patient/article_dd6b703e-fb83-11e1-9d7d-0019bb2963f4.html
A Marana woman who stole from the 85-year-old dementia patient she was caring for was sentenced to three years probation Monday in Pima County Superior Court. The woman was indicted on three child abuse counts and one count of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.

2.         CALIFORNIA (Napa), Napa Valley Register, September 8, 2012 (Opinion)
Elder abuse legislation would benefit Napa residents
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/editorial/elder-abuse-legislation-would-benefit-napa-residents/article_0afa0f0c-fa34-11e1-8db2-0019bb2963f4.html
At least three pieces of legislation now sit on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk that would greatly protect the well-being of Nap County’s elderly population.

3.         CALIFORNIA (San Diego), Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2012
SEC accuses radio personality Ray Lucia of misleading investors
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sec-radio-20120906,0,7075399.story
The Securities and Exchange Commission accused the San Diego radio personality of misleading investors to think that his strategy helps retirees "generate inflation-adjusted income for life." They are seeking an order that would prevent the wealth manager from making such claims.

4.         CALIFORNIA (San Jose), San Jose Mercury News, September 7, 2012
San Jose woman, facing fraud trial, arrested on additional charges after elderly couples are bilked
http://www.mercurynews.com/campbell/ci_21484888/san-jose-woman-facing-fraud-trial-arrested-additional
Mai Vu was still wearing her electronic monitoring anklet -- a bail requirement for fraud charges she already faced -- when she tried to dash away from officers who went to arrest her for additional felony fraud charges last Friday.

5.         ILLINOIS (Chicago), Chicago Tribune, September 5, 2012
Chicago priest returns to pulpit after investigation
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-05/news/ct-met-priest-20120905_1_waleria-krzemien-dzieszko-financial-exploitation
A popular Northwest Side Catholic priest has returned to the pulpit after an 18-month criminal investigation into allegations that he exploited a 93-year-old parishioner by becoming trustee of her home.

6.         IOWA (Des Moines), NECN.com, September 10, 2012
Ames nursing home administrator gets probation
http://www.necn.com/09/10/12/Ames-nursing-home-administrator-gets-pro/landing_health.html?&apID=9485428c21a0489685bbc1829a966a3b
State regulators have placed an Ames nursing home administrator on probation for two years, after one resident in her facility's care went missing for hours and others engaged in sexual activity. Regulators say one resident left the facility once in August 2010, and again in November 2010. The resident was treated for hypothermia and frostbite in November after spending hours in the cold. Board members say neither incident was reported.

7.         KENTUCKY (Lexington), Lex18, September 10, 2012
State Launches New Abuse and Neglect Reporting Portal
http://www.lex18.com/news/state-launches-new-abuse-and-neglect-reporting-portal
The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) has launched a new web-based abuse/neglect reporting portal that will modernize and enhance the current intake system.

8.       MICHIGAN (Lansing), Freep, September 9, 2012
Susan Tompor: Time to protect grandparents’ money
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201209090300/COL07/309090153
In light of Grandparents’ Day on September 9, the author gives an overview of financial elder abuse, and gives tips and tricks to prevent and intervene in such crimes.

9.       MISSOURI (Cape Girardeau), Southeast Missourian, September 10, 2012
Elder abuse not as rare as reports suggest, area advocates say
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1892191.html
In 2011 there were 17,571 reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of those 60 and older in Missouri alone. These reports have increased by an average of about 10 percent over the past five years.

10.       OREGON (Portland), Oregon Live, September 8, 2012
How our aging brains leave us open to deception and fraud
http://www.oregonlive.com/finance/index.ssf/2012/09/how_our_aging_brains_leave_us.html
New research adds a growing body of evidence that a particular part of our brain helps us detect deception. It becomes increasingly less able to doubt in old age, researchers say. This "doubt deficit," as researchers call it, leaves older people vulnerable to deception and fraud. 

11.       PENNSYLVANIA (Lehigh Valley), NPR, September 6, 2012
Advocate Fights ‘Ambient Despair’ in Assisted Living
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/06/160676993/advocate-fights-ambient-despair-in-assisted-living
A man who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 53 calls himself an observer-advocate and writes about long-term care reform for the elderly. He has covered the operational issues of some assisted living facilities, including wheelchair inaccessibility and what he described in Health Affairs and later the The Washington Post as "a top-down management team whose initial goal seems to be to strip us of our autonomy."

12.       TENNESSEE (Sparta), Sparta Expositor, September 10, 2012
$75,000 bond set in case of alleged elder abuse
http://spartaexpositor.com/articles/2012/09/10/news/doc504dc6ec60ef1122737005.txt
Sparta Police Department, acting on a call from the Adult Protective Services, investigated a reported case of elder abuse that led to the arrest of a Sparta resident for kidnapping and elder abuse.

13.       VIRGINIA (Staunton), NBC 29, September 6, 2012
Staunton Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Elder Abuse Case
http://www.nbc29.com/story/19478656/staunton-woman-sentenced-to-10-years-in-elder-abuse-case
A judge has ordered a Staunton woman to serve the maximum sentence of ten years in prison in an elder abuse case that ended in a man’s death. An autopsy revealed that the victim was emaciated, and had suffered multiple injuries.

14.       VIRGINIA (Staunton), NBC 29, September 7, 2012
Elder Abuse Case Sheds Light on Growing Problem
http://www.nbc29.com/story/19488489/elder-abuse-case-sheds-light-on-growing-problem
A recent case of elder abuse resulting in the death of an 85-year-old man led to a 10-year prison term for the responsible caregiver. The writer of this article hopes that this tragedy will bring awareness to the issue of elder abuse.

15.       INTERNATIONAL (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Info Surhoy, September 7, 2012
Brazil: Reports of elderly abuse rising
http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/features/saii/features/society/2012/09/07/feature-01
The crack cocaine pandemic plaguing Brazil has directly affected the number of reports of violence against the elderly.

16.       INTERNATIONAL (Mangalore, India), The Hindu, September 10, 2012
Abuse of elders is a hidden social problem: Kayakattan
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3880910.ece
Jacob Kayakattan, Director of the Centre for Gerontological Studies, and president of the Indian Sociological Society, told a large audience about the hidden nature of elder abuse.

RELATED ISSUES

1.         CALIFORNIA (Hollywood), ABC Local, September 8, 2012
Woman, 82, with Alzheimer’s and dementia missing from Hollywood home
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8803455
Police need the public's help in finding an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and dementia who went missing from her Hollywood home. The woman left her home around 7:45 a.m. on Sept. 7 and her family has not seen her since.

2.         GEORGIA (Fairburn), 11 Alive, September 10, 2012
Missing Fairburn woman found
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/255988/40/Fairburn-woman-with-dementia-missing
A Fairburn woman with dementia who vanished Sunday evening has been found safe and uninjured. She was found in an industrial area near Highway 74.

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

·         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 a 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.  Visit the NCEA booth at the HCBS conference!

·         The National Center for Victims of Crime 2012 National Conference to be held on September 19-21, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana will feature a programming track on elder abuse. The conference agenda describes the programs in more detail. http://victimsofcrime.org/training/national-conference/2012-national-conference

●    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. http://www.apsnetwork.org/Training/conference2012.htm  Email info@apsnetwork.org for more information.  Visit the NCEA booth at the NAPSA conference!

·         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/   Visit the NCEA booth at the APHA conference!

·       The National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners (NCCDP) to release their famous 2012 Tool Kit on dementia education on November 1, 2012. For the fifth year, they will host Alzheimer’s and Dementia Staff Education Week February 14-21, 2013
http://www.nccdp.org/staff-education-week.htm\

·       The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies is having its 28th Annual Meeting November 1-3 at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, CA at L.A. Live. The theme this year will be Beyond Boundaries: Innovations to Expand Services and Tailor Traumatic Stress Treatments
http://www.istss.org/Home1.htm

·       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_Conference/default.asp

·       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. http://www.cdaa.org/training/seminar-conference-registration?regevent_action=register&event_id=35

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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