The Lexington Herald-Leader has an interesting story today about the follow-up prosecutions to serious violations issued to nursing homes in Kentucky. The paper examined 107 cases in which nursing homes and their employees were issued Type-A citations and found that only seven were followed up by local or state prosecutors for criminal cases.
Unfortunately this low [...]
TMZ.com is reporting that the Chief Medical Examiner in Middlesex County has ruled that Daniel Kerrigan died from cardiac dysrhythmia after suffering a neck injury during a physical altercation. Police arrested Nancy Kerrigan’s brother Mark after they were called to the elder Kerrigan’s residence. Police reported Mark Kerrigan was intoxicated and had to be pepper [...]
The father of former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan died this weekend after a fight with his son. Police arrested 45 year old Mark Kerrigan for Assault and Battery resulting in harm to an elder after Mark told police his 70 year old father Daniel fell during a fight over the use of a telephone.
The [...]
TriCities.com is reporting that state inspectors paid an unannounced visit to the National Healthcare Corporation nursing home in Bristol Virginia in October and found that an alarming number of employees did not know they were mandatory reporters when they witness or suspect any form of abuse at the facility. The inspector noted that twenty-one of [...]
This is an excellent video about elder financial exploitation and scams by the California Attorney General’s Office.
According to Pekin Police Gina Y. Robinson, 38, of 1412 Eighth St., South Pekin, has been arrested for financial exploitation of the elderly, forgery and altering titles. Robinson is alleged to have forged a power of attorney to steal money and other valuables from her 83 year old victim. The son of the victim alerted [...]
Genesee County Michigan authorities arrested Rickie Glenn Woodring, 50, on 20 felony counts. The charges included 14 child pornography charges. Police arrested Woodring for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his mother. While searching Woodring’s home police say they found explicit images of young girls.
Jim Winder is the Sheriff of Salt Lake County in Utah. He recently gave an interview to a local television station in Salt Lake City in which he said he felt the law enforcement community needed to look at elder abuse issues a bit more aggressively.
Since it is rare to hear law enforcement [...]