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Florida
| June 06 2003 |
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Panel to study appointing guardians for disabled adults |
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Governor's working group to find out how many developmentally disabled adults need guardians, what system changes must take place for them to be assessed, and what it will cost; recommendations expected this summer. |
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Sun-Sentinel
www.sun-sentinel.com
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Anthony Colarossi
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| July 01 2003 |
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Police receive deadline on adult abuse accords |
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Previously-mandated agreements between police, sheriff, and adult protective services now must be completed by March 1, 2004. |
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Sun-Sentinel
www.sun-sentinel.com
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Diane C. Lade
dlade@sun-sentinel.com |
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| August 02 2003 |
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Dementia patients strain legal system; Legal systems struggles with mentally ill, disabled |
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Lengthy article explores dilemmas involving aggressive elders with dementia, and various states' efforts to address the issue. |
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Florida Today
www.floridatoday.com
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| September 06 2003 |
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State shies away from elder abuse allegations; Overburdened agencies too often quick to dismiss difficult cases, casting seniors from the safety net |
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Article details many reasons why elder abuse and neglect victims are not being helped by the state's adult protective services and other systems. |
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Florida Today
www.floridatoday.com
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Alisa LaPolt
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| September 07 2003 |
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Elder abuse rising in Florida |
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"Florida's senior citizens are dying of abuse and neglect at an alarming rate that has gone undetected by the state agency charged with protecting them, law officers and prosecutors." |
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Pensacola News Journal
www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
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Alisa LaPolt
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| September 07 2003 |
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Elders' lives ending in neglect; Abuse a growing risk in Florida; safety nets often failing |
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"Florida markets itself to the nation's seniors as a place to retire. But an investigation reveals a fragmented system in which hundreds of elders in need of care simply disappear from the safety net and untold numbers die in undocumented silence of abuse and neglect." |
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Pensacola News-Journal
www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
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Alisa LaPolt
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| September 07 2003 |
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Death from "old age" still an easy answer for many senior cases |
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Article describes possible holes through which elder abuse and neglect deaths may fall. Notes that, "In Florida, seniors made up three-fourths of the 247 accidental suffocations and two-thirds of the fire and smoke-related deaths recorded in 2001. They made up half of other "unspecified" unintentional injuries." |
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Pensacola News Journal
www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
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Alisa LaPolt
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| September 07 2003 |
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DCF failing to protect state's seniors, investigation finds |
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"A seven-month investigation by Gannett News Service reveals a splintered system in which hundreds of elders in need are falling through the state's safety net, and some die, in undocumented silence." |
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The News-Press
www.news-press.com
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Alisa LaPolt
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| September 07 2003 |
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Authorities seldom investigate deaths among the elderly |
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"Death certificates went no further than finding 'ill-defined and unknown mortality causes' for about 1,600 seniors who died in 2001, according to State Department of Health vital statistics. 'Senility' claimed another 2,900 people." |
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Florida Today
www.floridatoday.com
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| Author: |
Alisa LaPolt
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| September 08 2003 |
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Lawmakers lean on police to investigate elder abuse |
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A law was passed this year requiring some 340 law enforcement agencies to forge agreements for joint investigations with DCF district offices by March 2004. Statewide, DCF caseworkers verified roughtly 5% of the 41,547 abuse and neglect allegations in 2001-02. The rate of verified abuse case doubled or even tripled in counties where state attorneys or law enforcement agencies helped pursue cases. |
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Florida Today
www.floridatoday.com
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| Author: |
Alisa LaPolt
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