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Breaking the silence on elder abuse - ENC Today

Meet Ethel, a woman in her 70s who recently went to Lenoir Memorial Hospital for problems with breathing. While at the hospital Ethel, malnourished and smelling of urine, confided in Sherron Sinclair, clinical manger at Community Home Care and ...

Students take part in elder abuse campaign - East Valley Tribune

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, the Arizona Area Agencies on Aging and the Arizona Elder Abuse Coalition are partnering to sponsor the second annual student arts competition. The contest's goal is to help spotlight the need to protect ...

Rare team targets suspected elder abuse deaths - News-Democrat

EDWARDSVILLE -- Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn has assembled a team of professionals to review deaths that involve suspected abuse or neglect of the elderly. Nonn said the group, called the Madison County Elder Abuse-Fatality Review Team, is only ...

Woman Charged In Elder Abuse Case - WGAL

LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A Dauphin County woman is charged in a case of elder abuse involving her mother. Lower Paxton Township police said Joanne Hillard, 53, of Summerwood Drive, is being cited for neglect of a care-dependent person. A case ...

Government of Canada Working to Protect Seniors from Elder Abuse - Market Wire

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 11, 2010) - To raise awareness of the abuse of older adults in Canada, the Government of Canada has approved funding for 16 projects through the Elder Abuse Awareness component of its New Horizons for Seniors ...

Agencies, state focus on preventing elder abuse - Herald-Palladium

Back in the mid-1990s, the Area Agency on Aging was approached by the Berrien County Sheriff's Department to team up and work together to improve safety and decrease criminal activities affecting senior citizens. To kick off the initiative, I was ...

South Fort Myers nursing-home neglect report attracts authorities - News-Press

1:10 A.M. — The Agency for Health Care Administration is investigating a south Fort Myers nursing home where Lee County deputies are looking into elder neglect. Signature HealthCARE at College Park, a 107-bed skilled nursing facility, has been the ...

Federal bucks support New Horizon for Seniors - Calgary Sun

Ottawa’s attempt to combat senior abuse nationwide got some help in Calgary thanks to $1.5 million that will be split between more than a dozen advocacy groups. Calgary’s project called Hidden in the Cultural Fabric — Elder Abuse and Neglect in ...

Prosecutor's Office Reviewing Case of Alleged Elder Abuse - Kitsap Sun

Allegations that employees of Kitsap Health & Rehabilitation Center took cell phone pictures of nude residents have been forwarded to the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office for review. Administrators at the nursing home reported the alleged abuse to ...

Health and support groups - St. Petersburg Times

• 2:30 p.m. the first Friday of each month, Lykes Memorial Library, 238 Howell Ave., Brooksville. Shirley Miketinac, (352) 796-1767. • 2 p.m. the third Monday of each month, Residence at Timber Pines, 3140 Forest Road, Spring Hill. Diane Koenig ...