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Elderly Abuse

Unknown, Unnoticed and Unreported: Recognizing Elderly Abuse

Daniel Reingold, M.S., J.D. | Posted 01.27.2013 | Impact
Read More: Elderly, Counseling, Physical Health, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Senior Living, Elderly Abuse, Seniors, Impact News
Daniel Reingold, M.S., J.D.

She felt scared and alone. She was ashamed and embarrassed for the actions of her son. Her health, which was stable weeks before, started to experience a systemic decline -- physically and mentally.

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Are Your Parents In Good Hands?

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 07.13.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Dangerous Elderly Caregivers, Elderly Caregiver, Elder Abuse, Video, Inexperienced Caregivers, Elderly Care, Slideexpand, Senior Nursing, Elderly Caregiver Dangers, Elderly Abuse, Sandwich Generation, Fifty News

Be careful who you entrust to care for your parents. New research from Northwestern Medicine suggests that many nursing agencies recruit people with n...

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Erin Mershon

Congressman Launches Anti-Bullying Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com | Erin Mershon | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Rep Mike Honda, Video, Anti-Bullying Caucus, Department of Education, Cyberbullying, Bullying, Lgbt Bullying, 112th Congress, Aarp, Mike Honda, Facebook, Elderly Abuse, Politics News

For Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), creating an Anti-Bullying Caucus in Congress was more personal than political. "As a Japanese American born at the ...

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Suing Nursing Homes

Carole Herman | Posted 06.27.2012 | Fifty
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Carole Herman

Poor care and neglect are still too common an occurrence in the approximately 16,000 nursing homes in the United States.

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Who Protects And Serves When The Elderly Are Fleeced?

Pamela Glasner | Posted 04.02.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Mickey Rooney, Deborah Louise Robinson, Last Will and Embezzlement, Elder Exploitation, Elderly Abuse, Starjack Entertainment, Financial Exploitation, Pamela Glasner, Fifty News
Pamela Glasner

Our world is facing the largest transfer of wealth from one generation to the next in history, putting into harm's way more than 500 million Baby Boomers as we march headlong into old age ourselves -- not to mention our adult children and our already-aged parents.

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Project Finds Abuse, Neglect and Death In Florida Assisted Living: How You Can Help

Posted 07.08.2011 | Impact
Read More: Elderly, Hospice, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Elderly Abuse, Neglect, Elder Abuse, Criminal Lawsuits in Healthcare, Impact News

"Angel Joglar, 71; killed when left in a bathtub of scalding water." "Gladys Horta, 74 years old; strapped so tightly the restraints ripped into her ...

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If Mickey Rooney Is An Elder Abuse Victim, Who's Next?

Mark Lachs, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Elderly, Elder Abuse, Aging Abuse, Mickey Rooney Restraining Order, Elders, Elderly Care, Elder Abuse Aging, Aging, Mickey Rooney, Mickey Rooney Aging, Elderly Abuse, Senate Committee on Aging Mickey Rooney, Mickey Rooney Elder Abuse, Mickey Rooney Senate Committee on Aging, Mickey Rooney Abuse, Senate Committee on Aging, Healthy Living News
Mark Lachs, M.D.

We've pigeonholed elder abuse as an aging issue -- but it's not. It's a huge issue for all of us who care about the older people in our lives. And it's an issue for anyone hoping to enjoy well-being in old age.

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The Difficult Responsibility Of Protecting An Elderly Loved One

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Family, Nursing Home Abuse, Elderly Abuse, Nursing Homes, Senior Citizens, Elderly Care, End of Life, Senior Care, Personal Health, Directives, Caregiving, Dementia, Caregiver Elderly Parent, Caregiver, Elderly Parent Caregiver, Nursing Home, End-of-Life Care, Elderly Parent Caregiving, Death & Dying, Aging, Healthy Living News
Kim Michele Richardson

And although the dementia from which she suffers seems to visit more frequently, it hasn't reared its ugly head today. Instead, I find myself dealing with another important medical issue: GladyO's persistent question about end of life.

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Nursing Home Employee Accused Of BODY-SLAMMING Patients

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Nursing Homes, Elder Abuse, Elderly Abuse, Nursing Home Abuse, Cesar Ulloa, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A man accused of abusing patients at a pricey Calabasas retirement home jumped on a 78-year-old woman's chest and body-slammed her...

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