Newsfeed – Friday, September 20, 2013
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ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
INDIANA (Royerton), The Star Press, September 19, 2013
Updated: 45 cats discovered in Royerton home during investigation of man’s death
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20130919/NEWS01/130919009/?nclick_check=1
A death investigation of a 69-year-old man Thursday morning led to the discovery of 45 cats within a Royerton home, officials said. Sgt. John Holding with the Delaware County Sheriff's Office said emergency officials responding to the man's death reported his home was filled with cats and was covered in feces and urine.
IOWA (Des Moines), KCAU, September 18, 2013
Appeals court overturns adult abuse case
http://www.kcautv.com/story/23466397/appeals-court-overturns-adult-abuse-case
The name of an adult care worker in eastern Iowa will be removed from the state's dependent adult abuse registry after the Iowa Court of Appeals concluded the state failed to prove the worker engaged in a negligent act. The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals had found the adult care worker committed dependent adult abuse on a 95-year-old woman who had called for help. The victim complained that the adult care worker grabbed her arm causing a large bruise.
MARYLAND (Charles County), The Advocate, September 17, 2013 (Opinion)
Elder fraud hits home for Hampstead family: Part One
A son did not realize that his 83-year-old father was sending money to a Jamaican scam artist to cover fees related to his supposed prize since at least last July. Piecing together the state of his father’s finances today, the son believes his father’s lost, at the least, $109,000.
NEVADA (Reno), News 4, September 19, 2013
Couple arrested in elder abuse, exploitation
On September 16, 2013, a husband and wife were arrested on charges of Elder Abuse, Elder Exploitation and Theft, related to the care of a 64-year-old male disabled victim and an 85-year-old female victim. During the investigation, detectives discovered that, in addition to not providing proper physical care, the accused husband was accessing the both victim’s bank accounts and withdrawing large sums of money for his personal use.
NORTH CAROLINA (Wilmington), Star News Online, September 17, 2013
Wilmington adult care facility hit with sanctions
Elderhaus PACE, an adult day care facility in Wilmington, is operating under a provisional license and has not been allowed to admit new enrollees since Sept. 1. The sanctions were handed down by the state on Aug. 20. The sanctions resulted from an incident in June, when a patient was left in a transportation van for more than six hours, prompting criminal charges against the employee.
VERMONT (Brattleboro), Rutland Herald, September 19, 2013
Lowery computer shows credit card search
http://rutlandherald.com/article/20130919/THISJUSTIN/709199911/0/FRONTPAGE
A Vermont State Police expert in computer forensics testified Wednesday that the 83-year-old victim’s computer was used to search for credit card information in the hours before her collapse into a hypoglycemic coma. 39-year-old woman of Bennington, N.H., is charged with murder, elder abuse and six counts of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, with prosecutors claiming she injected the victim with insulin.
INTERNATIONAL (Kent and Medway, England), September 17, 2013
Rise in reports of vulnerable adult abuse in Kent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-24126146
The article states that the Health and Social Care Information Centre figures show a 22% rise, with 2,865 reported cases in the last financial year, compared to 2,341 the year before in Kent. Of all the reported cases in Kent and Medway, 705 were reports of financial abuse.
INTERNATIONAL (Peterborough, Ontario), Lawyers and Settlements, September 18, 2013 (Opinion)
Workers fired for elder care abuse won’t be charged
In Canada, various employees of an elder care facility in Peterborough, Ontario, were suspended and then fired for incidents of care center abuse against an elderly resident after the resident’s son obtained video from a hidden camera in his mother’s room. The article states that Camille Parent, son of the victim, wanted these employees to be charged.
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
CALIFORNIA (Yolo County), The Willits News, September 17, 2013
Davis mother, son face trial for murder of disabled man
http://www.willitsnews.com/ci_24117880/davis-mother-son-face-trial-murder-disabled-man
Cecil Wacholz died at Sutter Davis Hospital on Oct. 27, 2012 due to "severe neglect," according to authorities. 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. He succumbed two weeks after being admitted to the hospital. James Mattos, 53, and his mother Darlene Mattos, 78, face several charges stemming from his death.
KENTUCKY (Somerset), WAVE 3 News, September 17, 2013
Man allegedly recorded abuse of disabled adult
http://www.wave3.com/story/23457963/man-allegedly-recorded-abuse-of-disabled-adult
A man could spend up to a decade behind bars after being accused of enticing a developmentally disabled patient to hit another developmentally disabled patient, according to investigators. Investigators said King recorded the incident on his cell phone.
KENTUCKY (Somerset), LEX18, September 17, 2013
Man charged with neglect of a vulnerable adult
http://www.lex18.com/news/man-charged-with-neglect-of-a-vulnerable-adult
A McCreary County man has been arrested and charged with two counts of knowing neglect of a vulnerable adult. Personnel at the Oakwood Manor facility notified an investigator with the OAG Department of Criminal Investigators Monday morning after learning about the incident.
NEBRASKA (Beatrice), Daily Journal, September 19, 2013
Ex-worker accused of abusing disabled adults at Beatrice center seeks new venue, judge
A former Beatrice State Developmental Center worker accused of abusing developmentally disabled adults who lived at the center is asking for a change of venue and for a new judge. Matthew Pangborn was sentenced last October to 15 to 23 years in prison after being convicted in July 2012 of four counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult, one count of attempted abuse, three counts of strangulation and one count of attempted strangulation. He was accused of beating and choking residents when he worked at the Beatrice State Developmental Center in 2011.
TENNESSEE (Cocke County), WSAV, September 19, 2013
East TN woman trapped 3 years in home full of garbage, feces
A bedridden woman was rescued this week from her home in east Tennessee after she was found living amongst piles of garbage and her own feces. The 48-year-old victim told detectives she'd been living in the conditions for about three years. The home had no usable restroom, and in three years, she'd never been taken out of the house.
TENNESSEE (Cocke County), WATE, September 18, 2013
Newport woman trapped 3 years in home full of garbage, feces
http://www.wate.com/story/23470811/newport-woman-trapped-3-years-in-home-full-of-garbage-feces
Cocke County firefighters had to cut a large hole in a wall to get in and rescue the 48-year-old woman from her house on Old Sevierville Highway in Newport that was covered in piles of garbage and her own feces. The mother has been charged with physical abuse, or gross negligence of an impaired adult.
INTERNATIONAL (England), The Information Daily, September 18, 2013 (Opinion)
Winterbourne View: a reminder that abuse must always be challenged
In the months that followed the horrific revelations of abuse at Winterbourne View, states Simon Parkinson, Director of External Relations and Communities for Mencap, the Care Quality Commission investigated 145 similar units and a number of social care residential services across the country. What it found was 50 per cent of the services not only failing to meet basic standards around care and welfare, but also failing to meet standards around protecting people from abuse.
INTERNATIONAL (Orillia, Canada), CTV News, September 18, 2013
Settlement is start to healing process, former HRC residents, staff say
The article states that a settlement yesterday in a class action lawsuit is being well-received by many former residents of the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia.
The province has agreed to pay $35 million to those residents, many of whom suffered neglect and abuse while living here.
RELATED ISSUES
CALIFORNIA, Life Health PRO, September 17, 2013
LTC insurance denial: Elder abuse?
http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2013/09/17/ltc-insurance-denial-elder-abuse?t=ltci
A federal district court in California has dismissed a claim brought under a long-term care insurance (LTCI) policy for statutory financial elder abuse, ruling that a “basic denial of insurance coverage” was never contemplated as a form of financial elder abuse. The court dismissed the claim for financial elder abuse without leave to amend.
NEW YORK ( Suffolk County), The Village Voice, September 20, 2013
Suffolk police issue a silver alert for 87-year-old with dementia
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/09/suffolk_police.php
The Suffolk County Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for an 87-year-old man suffering from dementia. The Suffolk County man was last seen standing in the driveway of his house at 8 Southhaven Avenue, Mastic, in the early morning on September 18.
WASHINGTON, Tri-City Herald, September 18, 2013
Aging AIDS population causes new challenges for health care system
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/09/18/2580825/aging-aids-population-causes-new.html
Half of the HIV/AIDS population in the United States will be 50 or older by 2015, a pivotal development that brings new challenges to the treatment and prevention of the disease, experts told a congressional panel Wednesday. Drug resistance, other diseases, high rates of depression and a lack of prevention, screening and early diagnosis could all pose significant problems as the population of Americans with HIV or AIDS ages, they said during a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
INTERNATIONAL (Ontario, Canada), CBC, September 20, 2013
Dundas parents lead fight for developmentally delayed adult children
Parents of developmentally disabled adult children urged Ontario legislators Thursday to find ways to help reduce a 20-year waiting list for housing that keeps growing. Some parents are told they have to die before their adult children qualify for housing, and many young people end up being warehoused in long-term care homes with no one in their age group and no programs for them, said Martha Fox of Dundas, Ont.
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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/
● Joint Conference of the Kentucky Guardianship Association and the Kentucky Justice Center for Elders and Vulnerable Adults Lexington Crowne Plaza Hotel, Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, 2013 http://www.kyguardianship.org/fall-conference-2013.html
· 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 Consumer 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
An archived collection of previous newsfeeds is available here: http://ncea.posthaven.com
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