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A Lake County man is facing charges for allegedly abusing a 77-year-old woman staying at a group home with him in Umatilla.
WPBF 25 News is learning more about an elderly woman found living in hazardous conditions, while investigators say her caregiver appeared to be unaffected.
Elderly Americans lose more than $28 billion a year to financial exploitation, and the results can be devastating -- from ...
A new measure aimed at protecting senior citizens from abuse, neglect, and exploitation has been filed in the House of ...
The Elder Justice Act, created to provide a coordinated federal response to prevent, detect and treat elder abuse, was introduced in Congress in 2002 with bipartisan support. It didn’t pass ...
The director of a group home in Lake County has been arrested and charged with felony battery on a person 65 years old or ...
The Department of Justice has an elder justice coordinator in each of its 94 U.S. Attorney’s Offices, in accordance with the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act—enacted in October 2017.
The couple, residents of Panchkula’s Sector 9, claimed that despite their advanced age and serious health ailments, including multiple surgeries, their children, who lived in the same house, had ...
Friday, June 15, marks the 13 th anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It’s held in support of the UN International Plan of Action, which acknowledges the significance of elder abuse ...
A Calistoga city councilmember is being sued for elder abuse, accused of coercing an 81-year-old woman into a reverse mortgage for his financial gain.
Laguna 1st District Rep. Ann Matibag filed House Bill No. 2012, seeking to prevent scenarios wherein individuals take ...