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New York
| May 12 2003 |
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New York Lawyer Disbarred For Financially Exploiting Seniors |
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Elder Law Issues
www.elder-law.com
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| July 01 2003 |
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Suit Says State is Segregating Mentally Ill |
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Lawsuit says state is dumping "seriously mentally ill individuals into adult homes where they suffer abuse, neglect, and unneeded segregation." 15,000 mentally ill people reside in adult homes in New York. |
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The New York Times
www.nytimes.com
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Clifford J. Levy
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| July 09 2003 |
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Checks of staff to keep ex-cons from elder care |
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A regulatory reform will require nursing homes and home care agencies to do criminal background checks on nurse's aides. Article reports that one of every four aides arrested for patient abuse has a criminal past, and that 39 other states require background checks for nursing home aides. |
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New York Daily News
www.nydailynews.com
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Bob Port and Thomas Zambito
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| January 14 2004 |
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Crackdown Falters as 2 Rulings Favor State's Adult Homes |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Prosecution
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Governor Pataki's two-year effort to improve care in adult homes for the mentally ill has faltered. 70 cases against adult homes will have to be dropped because inspectors violated state law and regulations in their documentation. |
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/14/nyregion/14homes.html
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Clifford J. Levy
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| February 29 2004 |
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Through Gaps in System, Nurse Left Trail of Grief |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Prosecution
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Very detailed article on the multiple times confessed mass killer nurse Charles Cullen came to the attention of authorities without anyone putting together the pieces. |
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/nyregion/29NURS.html
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Richard Perez-Pena
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| March 03 2004 |
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Report Calls for Overhaul of System That Protects the Unfit |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Services
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A Queens grand jury has issued a report that says recent reforms of New York's guardianship system have still left many loopholes that are allowing thefts by guardians. |
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/03/nyregion/03lawyer.html?pagewanted=print&position=
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William Glaberson
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| March 10 2004 |
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AARP-Supported Nursing Home Quality Bill Sails Through Assembly; Legislation Would Require N.Y. to Make 'Quality of Care' Information Public |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Legislation
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The N.Y. Assembly has passed the "Nursing Home Quality Bill" (A.8022-B), which would require a "clear and concise profile system informing the public about the quality of care in New York's nursing homes," establish a nursing home quality improvement fund fueled by violation fines, and require a study of staffing levels in nursing homes. |
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U.S. Newswire
http://releases.usnewswire.com/printing.asp?id=110-03102004
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| April 21 2004 |
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Lawmakers fail on oversight legislation |
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Lengthy article explores New York's repeated vain attempts to enact assisted living legislation. "'New York has the dubious distinction of having the worst assisted living regulations in all the states,' said Karen Love, the founder of the National Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living. 'It's because they largely don't exist.'" |
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New York Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/ny-inlegi0421,0,4398175.story?coll=ny-top-headlines
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Lauren Terrazzano
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