A 50-year-old woman pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement but she avoided a prison sentence in favor of repaying $600 per month in compensation to her 76-year-old mother over a period of 5 years. In total, Carol Brazeika owes $355,800 in compensation which includes $1,600 prior to receiving her sentencing.
Continue Reading...Three aides in a Pennsylvania nursing home were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, neglect of a care-dependent person, and several other charges in connection with an incident that occurred in the nursing home. A nanny cam placed in one of the residents’ rooms showed a female patient being mocked and assaulted as she tried to escape from her room.
Continue Reading...A Montana woman reportedly used a reverse mortgage on her mother’s home to steal $140,000 to fund a condo for herself according to the Missoulian. Paulette Homer got a check for $141,308 from the reverse mortgage and wrote out checks totaling over $120,000. This included making payments to a Lowe’s store, a credit union, a Zales jewelry store and several other transactions.
Continue Reading...A Sacramento California man filed an elder abuse claim arguing that the elder care facility his mother was at completely neglected her and ignored her medical needs, leading to her death. An appeals court made the decision that a trial is warranted in this matter after a Superior Court Judge originally denied the request for a trial. A three-justice panel reversed the decision leaving it to a jury to determine whether the facility truly conducted itself in a negligent manner.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that state social workers conducted roughly 2,048 investigations into allegations of adult abuse and neglect in nursing homes last year and discovered 368 of those reports actually involved some sort of abuse or neglect. In addition, the investigation uncovered 7,365 investigations of abuse of people aged 60 and older and 1,859 of those investigations proved to involve abuse against victims.
Oakland police have been searching for a man suspected of scamming over $20,000 from two elderly residents. 70-year-old Carl Talton is suspected of elder abuse, grand theft, and attempted elder abuse after he created a scheme to steal money from residents. The scheme involves telling victims that they will be given a small piece of an inheritance that will be collected if a donation is made to a church or charity.
Continue Reading...The Elder Financial Protection Network launched its 8th annual “Call to Action” summit on April 31 to discuss elder abuse prevention practices and bring special attention to the many scams that plague the elderly. Among the speakers on hand for the event were California Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones and San Francisco District Attorney, George Gascon.
Continue Reading...In Allen County, IN, the medical professionals in charge of developing the Fort Wayne Sexual Assault Treatment Center have created a new agency dedicated to assisting elders. The Forensic Advocacy Center for Elders (FACE) was created as a way for victims to gain access to medical, legal, and social services assistance if they require it. The Fort Wayne.com news report states it is the first agency of this kind to be developed in the state of Indiana.
Continue Reading...A man in Monterey County, CA is facing a possible sentence of life imprisonment after he allegedly attacked his grandmother with a deadly weapon. 35-year-old Stephen Paul Kennedy was charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, making criminal threats, and brandishing a knife in connection with this incident. The prosecuting attorney in this case stated that Kennedy has other prior convictions and has had six prison terms against him. The prison terms were for crimes that included grand theft, transporting narcotics, hit-and-run causing injury or death, and first-degree burglary.
Continue Reading...A New York man was sentenced to spend weekends in jail for an entire year and had to pay $388,063 in compensation after he reportedly forged several checks and transferred thousands of dollars from accounts belonging to a 98-year-old man. Harry Abrams pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny, forgery, and money laundering in this incident of elder financial abuse.
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