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Elder Financial Abuse Costs $2.6 Billion Annually
A recent report published by MetLife Mature Market Institute reveals that elder financial abuse costs older Americans more than $2.6 billion per year and is often committed by family members and caregivers. The report points out that up to one million older Americans are targeted each year, totaling tens of…
Read MoreDaughters of Elderly Woman Charged with Neglect
The daughters of a Geneva woman are being charged with criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person after their mother passed away in April of 2007. Witnesses say Marry Barry, 84, was found in her bed covered in bed sores, urine, feces and ants. Prosecutors believe malnourishment, dehydration and…
Read MoreFeingold to Introduce Arbitration Act
A recent poll conducted by Lake Research Partners shows Americans widely oppose corporations using mandatory binding arbitration clauses in the fine print of contracts. Cell phone, credit card, employment and nursing home contracts all contain forced arbitration clauses. In binding mandatory arbitration, a company requires a consumer to agree to…
Read MoreMinnesota Man Steals from 83-year-old Mother
Larry J. Bekis, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of theft by swindle in Ramsey County District Court. According to the criminal complaint, Bekis swindled his mother out of more than $100,000 and left a nursing home bill of more than $49,000 unpaid. The charges said Bekis was give power…
Read MoreAssisted Living Residents Evicted From Housing
A recent investigation found that a number of residents of assisted living facilities run by Assisted Living Concepts had been forced out of facilities when their money ran out, even though they had been given oral promises that they would be able to use Medicaid funds. The article highlighting the investigation…
Read MoreBill Would Eliminate Federal Nursing Home Bonus Payments
Source: Des Moines Register (3 April 2009) Congress is considering legislation that would eliminate taxpayer-funded bonuses to nursing homes. The legislation is an amendment to the budget bill that has been debated by Congress. The amendment was accepted by unanimous consent of the Senate on Thursday, but the bill itself…
Read MoreWisconsin Asked to Take Part in Medicare Pay Incentive Test
Medicare will launch a demonstration to determine if cash incentives will improve the quality of care in nursing homes. Nursing homes in Arizona, Mississippi, New York and Wisconsin will be asked to take part. Facilities joining the Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing demonstration will be awarded points for performance on quality…
Read MoreScamming the Elderly
The Wisconsin State Journal recently published an article unveiling a scam designed to target the elderly at this time of year. Apparently, scam artists are using Spring Break as a means to Scam-a-Grandma. Scam artists pose as grandchildren in need of emergency help a.k.a. money. They call up the elderly…
Read MoreImproving Nursing Home Care
An article written by Geriatric experts at the University of Rochester Medical Center addresses concerns in the quality of long-term care currently being provided. The article, entitled Nursing Home Physician Specialists: A Response to the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care, calls for a new kind of specialty to meet the needs of…
Read MoreBroken Bones in Elderly Women
A University of Washington-Seattle study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery found that elderly women who suffer a broken upper arm are five times more likely than normal to break a hip within a year after the arm fracture. There is evidence to support that both fractures…
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