Blog Posts in February, 2011

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Elder Abuse Increasing in Montana

Montana is allegedly just years away from ranking in the top ten states with the most senior citizens. Along with this, cases of elder abuse are also on the rise as 5,500 were reported in the state ...

Financial Elder Abuse on Rise in California County

In Kern County, California, it is being reported that financial elder abuse is on the rise. According to reports, elders are suffering from financial abuse at the hands of their close family and ...

Couple Arrested for Elder Abuse

A couple in the Los Angeles area has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of elder abuse . According to reports, the woman's mother was found bedridden with open sores and soiled clothing. Janice ...

Three Nursing Home Workers Charged with Abuse

Three nursing home workers in the Sunnyvale, California area have reportedly been charged with elder abuse . According to reports, Arnold Samson of Idylwood Care Center, was arrested for yanking on an ...

Woman Arrested in Nursing Home Abuse Case

A North Bergen, New Jersey woman has reportedly been arrested in regard to a nursing home abuse matter. Julia C. Galvan is reportedly being accused of slapping a patient on top of her head while she ...

Nursing Home Abuse Case Settles

A nursing home abuse case that resulted in a woman’s death has reportedly settled for $150,000. According to reports, the family of a mentally disabled woman received the settlement from the ...

About 90% of Nursing Homes Hire Criminals

According to reports, more than 90% of nursing homes have hired employees with criminal convictions. Backgrounds checks were reportedly recently run on all workers at 260 nursing homes and it was ...

Brief Jail Time for Elder Abuse Convictions

In the Genesee County, Michigan area, it has been found that only three people have receive prison time for the 19 high-profile elder abuse cases. According to reports, 12 of the cases were pleaded ...

Nurse Sentenced to Jail for Punching Patient

A former nurse at Kaiser Hospital Redwood City in California will reportedly serve four days in jail. The sentence is a result of her allegedly punching a female patient in the mouth after she refused ...

Nurse’s Assistant Facing Sexual Assault Charge

A certified nurse’s assistant has reportedly been charged with sexually assaulting a patient at Lynchburg Health and Rehab in the Lexington, Virginia area. According to reports, Craig Hiawatha Jones ...

Utah Suffering Elder Abuse Problems

It is being reportedly that Utah seniors are losing an average of $1 million a week due to thieves in elder abuse situations. Financial theft is reportedly the most common form of elder abuse in Utah ...

Nursing Home Abuse Center Urges Complaints

The Nursing Home Complaint Center is urging that people reported complaints as there are issues that are not being reported. Sepsis, also known as septic shock, happens to many nursing home residents ...

Elder Abuse on Rise in Massachusetts

It is being reported that elder abuse is on the rise in Massachusetts as there are reportedly 54 reports of elder abuse a day. Many of the cases involve spouses and the total cases have reportedly ...

Inadequate Care Leads to $3.5 Million Settlement

The Everett Rehabilitation and Care Center, owned by the Sunbridge Health Care Corp. Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to the family of a deceased 97-year-old man for the inadequate care they ...

Man Charged with Elder Abuse Over Uncle

A man in the Fresno, California area has reportedly been charged with elder abuse as he was reportedly living with his dead uncle for almost 30 days. Patrick Lara has formally been charged with elder ...

Brother and Sister Accused of Elder Abuse

Tracy York and her brother Darrell Lawrence have reportedly been accused of elder abuse in the Roswell, New Mexico area. According to reports, the two kept their elderly mother in horrific conditions ...

Elder Abuse Charges Dropped

In the Wilmington, Delaware area, elder abuse charges against a man's wife have reportedly been dropped. According to reports, Shirley M. Wilson was accused of abusing her ailing husband. Now, the ...

Man Sentenced for Elderly Crime Spree

A man has reportedly been sentenced in an elderly crime spree where his victims ranged in age from 77 to 95 years old. Vilisoni Mafi was reportedly approaching elderly people in order to do yard work ...

Mickey Rooney Claiming Elder Abuse

Actor Mickey Rooney is reportedly claiming elder abuse. He is reportedly claiming that he was held hostage in his home by his stepson and was unable to get his medication. He has since filed a ...

Musician Alleges Elder Abuse

Aging musician Norman Greenbaum is reportedly accusing a woman, Tracy E. Outlaw, of elder abuse as she reportedly befriended him through the Internet and lured him into a romantic relationship with ...

Mother Suffers 17 Falls in Nursing Home, Family Told of None

An elderly woman died after her 17 th fall in 16 months, while living at Larchwood Village Retirement Community, and her family wasn't unaware of a single one, as reported in WKYC.com in Cleveland. ...

Nursing Home Liability Bill Issue

Mississippi’s nursing home patients are reportedly suffering as a nursing home liability bill has ended. According to reports, the legislation would have required that nursing homes carry a minimum ...

Couple Charged in Elder Abuse Matter

A couple in the Greenwood County, South Carolina area has reportedly been charged in a matter where they neglected the woman's father. According to reports, Alicia Kelly and Steven Kelly had been ...

Daughter Files Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit

A daughter has reportedly filed a nursing home abuse lawsuit against Cedar Ridge Health Care and Rehab Center in relation to the care provided to her mother. It is being alleged that they failed to ...

Nursing Home Worker Fired Over Alleged Sexual Abuse

A nursing home worker in the Thornton, Colorado area has reportedly been arrested over an alleged sexual abuse matter. According to reports, two elderly women were found with signs of possible sexual ...
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