Elder Law - News
- Law Week topics include foreclosures, elder law, small claims
Palm Beach Daily News, FL
By MICHELE DARGAN, Daily News Staff Writer The hot legal topics of foreclosure, elder law, small claims and condominium-homeowner law are on the agenda for Law Week, presented by the Palm Beach County Bar Association. The popular annual event begins ...
(April 23, 2009) - Elder abuse alert goes out in local newletter, with a scam warning
San Jose Mercury News, USA
By Chris Vongsarath An elder abuse alert has gone out to all area adult and senior centers warning of a possible financial scam targeting local seniors. The scheme was first reported about a month ago, originating from the Willows SeniorNet Learning ...
(April 22, 2009) - Elder abuse charge added to Ruby Wright's case
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA
BY LORI A. CARTER Sonoma County prosecutors added a new charge of elder abuse Thursday to the case of a Santa Rosa woman accused of murdering her husband of 41 years. But Judge Arthur Andy Wick denied their request to increase bail for Ruby Wright, 59. ...
(April 22, 2009) - Ga. Lawyer Used Elder Law Practice to Snare Ponzi Victims
The National Law Journal
For five years, a Marietta, Ga., attorney who specialized in elder law arranged community workshops where he sought investors for a bogus financial scheme that would siphon more than $40 million from his unsuspecting clientele, according to a federal ...
(April 22, 2009) - Spotlight on Elderlaw
Wave of Long Island (subscription), NY
The financial crisis, coupled with possible changes in the estate tax law, make now a good time to review your estate plan. The future of the estate tax will likely be up for debate in Congress soon because one of the priorities of the Obama ...
(April 22, 2009) - Reporting elder abuse
Gloucester Daily Times, USA
Elder abuse is on the rise. Whether because of the economic downturn, or the fact that our population is aging, elder service agencies throughout the region are experiencing an increase in reports to their protective services departments. ...
(April 21, 2009)
College Misericordia
Elder Abuse Task Force establishes online presence
College Misericordia, PA
The Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Elder Abuse Task Force of Pennsylvania, co-chaired by the Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Area Agency on Aging and the Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania at Misericordia University, is hosting a Senior Financial Fraud ...
(April 20, 2009)- Elder Law: Pre-eligibility medical expenses issue likely to come ...
The News-Press, FL
By William Edy • Special to news-press.com • April 19, 2009 A week ago, I attended the 2009 annual meeting of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys in Washington, DC, along with around 300 other attorneys, and so I was not able to submit a column ...
SENIOR SIGNALS: Will I be liable for my parent's nursing-home bill? Bristol Press
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(April 17, 2009) - Former Nurse Now Fights Elder Abuse in East Texas
Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX
“I've worked a lot of elder abuse and neglect cases. “There is a lot of elder neglect in this area.” Before launching his business, Smith, 52, spent seven years in nursing. In addition to investigating abuse and neglect cases, he also serves as a ...
(April 17, 2009) - Holloway guilty of elder abuse
Colusa County Sun Herald, CA
Lowe's former caretaker, Linda Suzan Holloway, was convicted of elder abuse nearly three years after the 76-year-old man's body was found in his Colusa home. “We're ecstatic,” Lynnda Lowe-Salek of Newton, Mass., said after the verdict was handed down ...
(April 15, 2009)