NCEA Newsfeed – Monday, May 19, 2014
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A calendar of upcoming elder abuse and neglect events and funding opportunities can be found at the bottom of the newsfeed.
ELDER ABUSE NEWSFEED
ALABAMA (Florence), Times Daily, May 15, 2014
Charge of Elder Abuse Filed
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/crime/article_c9751a6c-dcaa-11e3-b5ed-001a4bcf6878.html
A 58-year-old woman is accused of elder abuse in the form of neglect. She allegedly let her 57-year-old sister-in-law lay on the floor for weeks because the sister-in-law had fallen and she was not physically strong enough to help her up.
IOWA (Dubuque), CBS news, May 13, 2014
Mental Health Counselor Sentenced to Probation
A 68-year-old Dubuque mental health counselor’s license has been placed under probation following allegations of dependent adult abuse-exploitation for withdrawing funds from a special-needs trust fund for the patient and using them for personal reasons.
KANSAS (Wichita), KMUW news radio, May 15, 2014
Investigators Say Staff at Andover Nursing Home Physically and Verbally Abused Residents
A nursing home for the elderly has been fined by The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services for allegations of physical and verbal abuse and neglect of residents.
MASSACHUSETTES (Lowell), Lowell Sun, May 12, 2014
Man Who Allegedly Assaulted Dementia Patient Held On Bail
A 76-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a resident of care facility with advanced dementia. The attack was witnessed by one of the employees of the facility.
MONTANA (Billings), KTVQ news, May 13, 2014
Montana Group Home Employee Charged with Elder Abuse
http://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-group-home-employee-charged-with-elder-abuse/
A 58-year-old group home employee has been charged with elder abuse after he was reportedly found drunk and passed out on the job.
MONTANTA (Superior), Missoulian, May 13, 2014
Caregiver Charged With Elder Abuse of Superior Rancher
A local man is accused of financially abusing and physically neglecting an 84-year-old man with severe dementia.
NEW MEXICO (Rio Arriba County), KOAT TV, May 15, 2014
Elderly, Mentally Ill Man Found Imprisoned at Suspected Bootleg Booze Operation
Undercover investigators discover three children under the age of 6 and three elderly people – including a mentally ill naked man chained in a room covered with human waste.
NEW YORK (Erie County), buffalonews.com, May 12, 2014
New Life Brings Abundance of Joy to Developmentally Disabled Springville Woman
A 66-year-old woman, with the capacity of about a 6- to 10-year-old, has been removed from abusive and neglectful conditions and placed in a better home.
NEW YORK (Westchester), NBC news, May 15, 2014
Missing Westchester Man with Dementia, Parkinson’s Found Dead
A 67-year-old man with Parkinson’s and dementia, who went missing last Friday, has been found dead near his home.
OHIO (Dayton), PRWeb, May 14, 2014
Dayton Bank Manager Sentenced to 5 Years for Elder Fraud
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/05/prweb11842793.htm
A bank manager has been found guilty of elder fraud involving several residents in the area.
OREGON (Washington County), Willamette Week, May 14, 2014
A Fortune Felled: A Decade of Deception Against a Local Timber Heir is The Largest “Sweetheart” Scam Investigators Say They’ve Seen
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22545-a_fortune_felled.html
Over a nearly 10 year period, a woman and her daughter deceived a wealthy family and took at least $12 million dollars from them.
UTAH (Salt Lake City), KUTV, May 12, 2014
Personal Banker Admits to Swindling Senior’s Life Savings, Ignoring Order to Pay Her Back
http://www.kutv.com/news/features/gephardt/stories/vid_669.shtml
A man who was hired to manage the finances of an 88-year-old woman has been convicted of taking more than $100,000 of her money for his personal use.
WISCONSIN (Wausau), marshfieldnewsherald.com, May 14, 2014
Wausau Woman Gets Prison in $250,000 Elderly-Fraud Scheme
A 46-year-old woman was found guilty of five felony theft charges for stealing over $250,000 from her 96-year-old charge.
INTERNATIONAL NEWSFEED
NEW ZEALAND, stuff.co.nz, May 16, 2014
Woman Jailed Over Mum’s Neglect
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10051840/Woman-jailed-over-mums-neglect
UPDATE – A 51-year-old woman has been convicted of neglecting her sick 82-year-old mother in what a judge has called one of the worst cases of elder neglect in our history.
ABUSE OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
OREGON (Happy Valley), KOIN TV, May 13, 2014
Fraudster Set Up Fake Charity, Stole From Disabled
http://koin.com/2014/05/13/fraudster-set-fake-charity-stole-disabled/
An Oregonian man allegedly used money that belonged to his paraplegic father-in-law to buy a home for himself and allegedly did other acts of fraud and deception for his and his wife’s benefit.
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Upcoming Elder Abuse Conferences/Training Events (in chronological order):
• 17th Annual Kern County Elder Abuse Prevention Conference Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:15 am - 3:30 pm At Hodel’s Country Dining (Liberty Rm) 5917 Knudsen Drive Bakersfield, California. “When is a Bruise Not a Bruise: Forensic Wound Identification and Documentation of Possible Abuse and Neglect” Speaker Daniel J. Sheridan, PhD, RN, FAAN. For more information: http://www.co.kern.ca.us/aas/pdf/2014_Elder_Abuse_Conf.pdf
• The 3rd World Congress on Adult Guardianship will be convened on May 28-30th , 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
• The annual Gulf Coast Elder Abuse Conference, “Don’t Let the Light Go Out,” will be held on June 16, 2014 from 8:00 AM-4:45 PM in Slidell, Louisiana. The conference will include six hours of continuing education credits for nurses, and credit is pending for lawyers, social workers, professional counselors, bankers, facility administrators and physical therapists. A partial list of topics includes: Recognition of Injuries, the Elder Justice Act, Competence & Capacity, Domestic Violence Grown Old, The Role of Banking in Preventing and Responding to Elder Financial Exploitation and Elder Abuse and the LGBT Community. Presenters include: Donald D. Akers Jr., JD; Harold S. Bartholomew Jr., JD; Jenefer Duane; Dean Hawley, MD; Candace J. Heisler, JD; Suzy Ritholz, PhD; Daniel Sheridan, PhD and Jane Thomas, JD. For details, e-mail WEAAD@STSALT.ORG. A complete list of topics, further details and registration information are available here: http://www.stsalt.org/GulfCoastElderAbuseConference.html.
• The National Adult Protective Services conference will take place in Portland, OR from October 29-31. The NAPSA conference is the only national conference focused on elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. For more information go to: http://www.napsa-now.org/about-napsa/annual-conference/
• The 2014 Consumer Voice Annual Conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia from November 15-19, 2014. There will be speakers in the field, long-term care policy updates from key experts, and tools and resources for advocacy. Registration and the conference agenda details will be coming soon. For questions, contact: info@theconsumervoice.org.
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Funding Opportunities:
• The Administration for Community Living has issued two requests for proposals for two elder abuse-related grants. Please click on the links below to learn more:
HHS-2014-ACL-AOA-AB-0069 National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) Due 7/1/14
HHS-2014-ACL-AOA-IE-0081 Native American Elder Justice Initiative Due 6/2/14
An archived collection of previous newsfeeds is available here: http://ncea.posthaven.com/
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