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People with Alzheimer's Can Be Reliable Witnesses to Crime

Elder abuse is a major problem, as are many types of other crimes where the victim has Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia. Relatives, Social Services, Police and legal authorities may often dismiss information given to them because they think the victims are too unreliable as witnesses. The result of not being believed can mean... Read moreChevron
posted 06/01/2011, comment (1)|
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Reflections on the Verdict from the Brooke Astor Trial

The recent verdict in the case concerning noted New York philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor’s son illustrates the challenging efforts to prosecute elder abuse. Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted on 14 of 16 charges of defrauding his mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, in order to steal many millions of... Read moreChevron
posted 10/14/2009, comments (5)|
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Emotions, not a good idea?

I wanted to address my reaction while reading ‘Elder Abuse - How to Define It, Recognize It, and Report It' post.Specifically, ‘Emotional Abuse - Inflicting mental pain, anguish, or distress on an elder person through verbal or nonverbal acts'. I think this is really a challenge when you are dealing with taking over all aspects of... Read moreChevron
posted 03/12/2009, comments (3)|
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Elder Abuse - How to Define It, Recognize It, and Report It

          Here are some of the multiple headlines over a one week span  that I found  when I “Googled” the following terms – “Alzheimer’s disease” and “elder abuse”: - The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune from Feb. 16, 2009: “Her... Read moreChevron
posted 03/12/2009, comment (1)|
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Elder Abuse Can Be Reduced By Training Caregivers About Dementia

Elder Abuse is an expanding serious problem affecting hundreds of thousands of elderly people in the United States. And since the abuse is oftentimes at the hand of a family member or friend, the issue remains largely hidden by the families, causing gross under-reporting of the crisis.  It is estimated that only 1 out of 14... Read moreChevron
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