Newsfeed – Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
NATIONAL, Poughkeepsie Journal, September 14, 2013 (Opinion)
Annie’s Mailbox: relatives take advantage of an elderly aunt, add stress
A family member writes to Dear Annie because she is concerned about her elderly aunt. She fears that relatives that have recently moved in with her have taken advantage of the situation, and cause her aunt stress and abuse.
ALABAMA (Calhoun County), The Gadsden Times, September 15, 2013
Forum set to discuss Ala. elder abuse
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20130915/APN/1309150590
A workshop in Calhoun County is aimed at addressing the rising number of elder abuse cases in parts of eastern Alabama. The Anniston Star reports that the number of substantiated elder abuse and neglect cases in Calhoun County has risen by 123 percent between 2007 and 2012. The newspaper reports 107 cases were substantiated last year.
GEORGIA (Marietta), MDJ, September 16, 2013
Woman accused of unlicensed care turns self in on new charges
According to the Sept. 12 warrant, Penny and Catron are accused of depriving two women of medical care by not taking them to the doctor or giving them their prescription medications between April 19 and Aug. 21. Terry Catron, who had not been arrested as of Monday night, according to jail records, is wanted on felony elderly neglect and exploitation charges and misdemeanor obstruction of an investigation.
MONTANA (Billings), Daily Journal, September 17, 2013
Billings woman charged with using elderly man’s credit card without permission
A 54-year-old Billings woman is charged with using a 91-year-old man's credit card without his permission, making nearly $2,000 in purchases from Neiman Marcus. The 91-year-old man told officers he met Marks while grocery shopping in May.
NEW YORK (New York), The Windsor Star, September 17, 2013
Jury selection delayed in NYC civil trial over hospital-dwelling copper heiress’s will
Jury selection was delayed on the verge of starting Tuesday for a court fight over the fortune of an eccentric copper heiress whose father founded Las Vegas. The dispute pits nearly two dozen of Clark's distant relatives against a goddaughter, the hospital, a nurse, doctors, a lawyer, an accountant, and other professionals and aides who benefited from her April 2005 will, which left nothing to her family. The relatives say a coterie of hospital executives, medical professionals and Clark's lawyer and accountant took advantage of their access to the secluded, aged heiress to manipulate their way into her millions of dollars. The beneficiaries say Clark was simply a generous woman who wanted to help those who helped her.
TEXAS (Leon and Limestone Counties), KBTX, September 13, 2013
Former Ruth Marie’s caregiver gets 5 years in prison for abuse
Kevin Lewis was arrested in November of 2012 after the state got ahold of this video. Nearly a year later -- Lewis was convicted and sent to prison. The video shows Lewis blatantly pulling an elderly man off a chair, twisting his leg behind his head, pulling him across the floor and then stepping on him.
VERMONT (Brattleboro), Brattleboro Reformer, September 17, 2013
Expert says no ‘natural causes’ in Lowery death
http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_24109291/laclaire-murder-trial-expert-says-no-lsquo-natural
Prosecutors claim that a dose of insulin given to an 83-year-old women on March 23, 2009 allegedly plunged the Thompson House resident into a hypoglycemic coma and led to her death nine days later. The accused was arrested after a lengthy investigation and faces nine counts that are being prosecuted by the Vermont Attorney General's office - second-degree murder, abuse of a vulnerable adult and seven counts of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
WASHINGTON (Seattle), West Seattle Herald, September 16, 2013
Shaw brothers’ criminal mistreatment trial delayed until November
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2013/09/16/news/shaw-brothers-criminal-mistreatment-trial-delayed
The West Seattle brothers, charged with criminal mistreatment for alleged shortcomings in caring for their father in his Alki home, were set to start their trial on Sept. 18, but court documents show it has been pushed back to Nov. 13, 2013. Prosecutors say two West Seattle brothers failed to take care of their elderly father in an Alki home, allegedly allowing his health to deteriorate beyond repair so they could save the money he amassed in life for themselves, instead of spending it on his medical care
INTERNATIONAL (Surrey County, England), The Guardian, September 16, 2013
Council staff face action after report into care of woman left to starve
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/16/council-staff-report-woman-left-to-starve
Two council workers have been suspended and face further disciplinary action following a report that found officials had failed to care for an 81-year-old woman who died after being left without food or medication for nine days. The serious case review into the victim’s death, published on Monday by Surrey Safeguarding Adults , says council officials neglected to make alternative care arrangements when the care company looking after her was raided and closed down by immigration officials.
INTERNATIONAL (Australia), Mathaba, September 15, 2013 (Opinion)
Australia’s aged care crisis—lack of dignity and rights of elders in face of government, public and private sector neglect, abuse
http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=633553
Different Australian’s share their specific experiences with elder abuse, and the struggles they have faced to find resolutions or closure. The frustrations with the long-term care facilities and gaps in the abuse investigation teams are expressed, with the author stating that “under the governance of the Department of Health and Ageing - the body that oversees government-funded aged-care facilities - doesn't honestly know if it's doing a good job or not in satisfactorily resolving complaints.”
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
CALIFORNIA (Yolo), Daily Democrat, September 17, 2013
Davis mother, son face trial for murder of disabled man
An accused brother is charged with one count of murder, and his mother with one count of involuntary manslaughter, and both are also charged with one count each of elder abuse and "embezzlement by caretaker of elder or dependent adult," according to a complaint filed June 6. The victim -- said to be mentally retarded, with an IQ of 70 -- suffered from malnutrition, dehydration, hypothermia, severe bedsores and other maladies, causing him to die of septic shock, said former Chief Deputy Coroner Robert LaBrash
INTERNATIONAL (Darlington, United Kingdom), The Huffington Post, September 15, 2013
Ryan Norman, severely disabled man, told he must prove he is unfit for work to receive benefits
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/15/ryan-norman-benefits_n_3930846.html
A disabled man who can't walk, talk or feed himself has had his benefits stopped and has been told he must prove he is unable to work before they can resume. He is now classed as an adult and faces a lengthy wait while his case is transferred.
RELATED ISSUES
GEORGIA, ENews Park Forest, September 16, 2013
Toxic pesticide used illegally in Georgia Nursing Homes
A federal grand jury in Macon, Georgia allege that Steven A. Murray and his company, Bio-Tech Management wrongly used pesticides in multiple nursing homes across the state of Georgia. The indictment states that from October 2005 to June 2009, “[Bio-Tech] repeatedly misapplied the registered pesticide Termidor SC in nursing homes in the state of Georgia and falsified documents to conceal the unlawful use.”
MARYLAND (Baltimore), Fox 45, September 16, 2013
City police searching for missing vulnerable…
77-year-old vulnerable adult was last seen on September 12 at around 10 a.m. who suffers from early stages of Dementia.
OKLAHOMA, News OK, September 14, 2013
Antipsychotic drugs prescribed to Oklahoma dementia patients declines
Oklahoma nursing homes are using antipsychotic drugs less and instead pursuing more patient-centered treatment for dementia and other behavioral health care, according to new data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
NEW JERSEY, Deal Book, September 16, 2013 (Opinion)
Perelman’s daughter leads a nasty legal brawl
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/perelmans-daughter-leads-a-nasty-legal-brawl/?_r=1
In the New Jersey Superior Court, the daughter of Ronald O. Perelman, financier and chairman of cosmetics company Revlon, argues that her uncle, James Cohen, preyed on her sick grandfather before he died in February 2012, using “undue influence” over the 86-year-old to reduce her mother’s inheritance. Now that Robert Cohen is dead, Ms. Perelman is bringing that claim, contending her uncle was heavily involved in his father’s estate planning for years, making changes that consistently benefited him at her mother’s — and her — expense.
OREGON, Oregon Live, September 13, 2013
Oregonian wins $90,000, not $6 million, from long-term care insurer Bankers Life
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/09/oregonian_wins_90000_not_6_mil.html
A long-term care insurer found to have wrongfully denied an Oregon woman's in-home care claims has been ordered to pay her estate $91,000 – far less than her son and his attorneys wanted. Consumer attorneys say the awards could set a tone for other policyholders who feel Bankers wrongly delayed or denied their claims, including those who've joined a lawsuit seeking class-action status in Oregon.
TEXAS (Houston), My Fox Houston, September 13, 2013
82-year-old with dementia leaves adult day care, for hours no one knows
Lac Hong Adult Day Care said they were unaware that an 82-year-old regular at their facility had attended last Friday, and the elderly woman “walked 4 miles from that facility all the way to a ragged apartment complex where they found her passed out, dehydrated and rushed her to the hospital," said her granddaughter. The Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities confirmed it is conducting an investigation.
WISCONSIN (Jefferson County), HNG News, September 14, 2013
Dementia summit looks at tools, community challenges
Tom Hlavacek, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association of SEWI, discussed the findings of the Alzheimer’s Task Force on Challenging Behaviors, as well as the legally appropriate ways to obtain treatment that stemmed from the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in the Helen E.F. case. They discussed wanting to create a Mobile Crisis Team with trained personnel that would be able to go into a crisis situation in the community and help diffuse it. The team would typically include a representative from law enforcement, a nurse, social worker, and geriatric specialist that would go in and try to understand what’s going on.
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Funding Opportunities:
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September 30, 2013
- The Pennsylvania Humanities Council is requesting proposals for its Civic Engagement Grants for projects that use the humanities to help resolve complex community challenges and concerns.
- For more information: http://www.pahumanities.org/programs/pdf/Civic_Engagement_RFP_Final_8-5-13.pdf
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October 1, 2013
- The Land O’Lakes Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2013 Community Grants program for projects that focus on hunger, youth and education, civic improvements and arts and culture in rural communities. Grants are restricted to organizations that have been granted tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- For more information: http://www.landolakesinc.com/company/corporateresponsibility/foundation/communitygrants/eligibility/default.Aspx
- 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 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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