June 17th, 2008. Los Angeles, CA - Laws to protect seniors and dependent adults from abuse by court-appointed conservators are under threat as California lawmakers seek painful cuts to close the state's $15.2-billion budget deficit.
The laws were part of a sweeping reform package signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger two years ago after a ... [More >>]
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June 17th, 2008. Cincinnati, OH - When Cora McGuire sat down before a Cincinnati city council committee Tuesday, her message was simple and blunt.
"We need three more nursing home inspectors or we might as well turn the inspections over to the State of Ohio," she told members of the Health, Environment and Education ... [More >>]
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June 16th, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT - A man originally charged with raping an elderly woman at a nursing home where he worked has pleaded guilty to a lesser crime as part of a plea bargain.
Jacob Mut Bolith, 31, had been charged with first-degree felony rape, second-degree felony forcible sex abuse and ... [More >>]
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June 16th, 2008. Atlanta, GA - It's a growing problem that often goes unreported. Elder abuse includes everything from financial scams to physical abuse.
DeKalb County has found a new way to fight back.
Flossie Mae Grier almost lost the east Atlanta home she's lived in for 40 years after being scammed by a predatory ... [More >>]
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June 16th, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT - State inspection reports describe Utah's elderly languishing in nursing homes ignored by staff. Or senile people getting hit by cars. Or choking to death on a hot dog despite doctors' orders they receive only soft foods.
These terrible tales are the exception rather than the ... [More >>]
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June 15th, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT - Alvin Brewster has a hard time taking care of himself. He can't walk very well. His memory slips. But despite his health problems, he could still recognize the conditions he was living in.
"It was a dump," says Alvin, 66.
He's talking about Pine Ridge Care Center, ... [More >>]
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June 14th, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT - At the request of Congress, the federal government has released a list of the worst performing nursing homes in the nation.
Mt. Ogden Health and Rehabilitation is the only Utah nursing home listed. These "special focus facilities" have the worst track record over the last three ... [More >>]
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June 13th, 2008. San Francisco, CA - When Ken Connor was on Capitol Hill earlier this week, it was clear that people in his party deeply wish that he would go back to worrying about the unborn. The conservative Christian Republican trial lawyer had come to Washington to testify in support of a ... [More >>]
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June 13th, 2008. Opelika, AL - Opelika police are investigating a report of a 71-year-old nursing home resident being raped at a local facility Thursday.
An employee at the Care Center of Opelika on Pepperell Parkway reported the incident, according to Opelika police Capt. Allan Elkins. The incident occurred at 4:48 p.m. Thursday, according ... [More >>]
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June 12th, 2008. Los Angeles, CA - Ed Asner, Art Linkletter, Michael Reagan, LAPD Police Chief William Bratton, L.A. Public Health Director Jonathan Fielding, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and a host of others join intergenerational experts Debby Bitticks and Dorothy Breininger of Delphi Health Products, Inc. in a new documentary, "Saving Our ... [More >>]
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