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North Carolina
| February 23 2004 |
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State's Division of Aging gets Adult name |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Services
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The state's Division of Aging has been renamed the Division of Aging and Adult Services to reflect its absorption of another Department of Health and Human Services unit, the Division of Social Services. |
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Triangle Business Journal
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/02/23/daily38.html?jst=b_ln_hl
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| May 24 2004 |
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Editorial: N.C. must do more to protect elderly |
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Editorial calls for legislation to ban those convicted of certain crimes from serving as elder caregivers, and opposes Department of Health and Human Services cuts, including one proposal to cut half a million dollars from a "program that probes complaints against care facilities…." |
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Citizen-Times
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/editorial/55378
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| June 14 2004 |
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Domestic violence survivor hopes new state bill will help protect others |
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New legislation is expected to be introduced this week that "toughens penalties for acts of domestic violence and requires offenders to complete a treatment program. The reforms require specialized training for law enforcement personnel to deal with domestic violence cases. It also creates a new state fund to provide legal services to domestic violence victims. The state also would develop a plan to provide victims with mental health and substance abuse services if needed." |
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Citizen-Times
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/regional/56601
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Kerra L. Bolton
Kbolton@CITIZEN-TIMES.com |
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| June 24 2004 |
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Bill disappoints adult-care advocates |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Legislation
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Advocates thought they were pushing a bill that would require criminal background checks of any worker in any nursing home or adult rest home, funded with $178,000 for four staff to conduct the checks. They have learned the Senate version will only require checks of employees of rest homes, and only those with direct responsibility for caring for patients. |
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News Observer
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/1365018p-7487836c.html
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Barbara Barrett
bbarrett@newsobserver.com |
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| August 29 2004 |
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Loophole lets care fall short; Company's rest homes can't be shut down, the state says, because they are licensed under different names |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Legislation
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Lengthy article explores deaths, abuses, and environmental problems in mulitple facilities managed by Careamerica. "A 1999 law calls for the state to deny a license to homes that are part of chains with persistent problems. State officials say the law does not apply to Careamerica's homes because the homes are licensed under different names." Also includes room-by-room inventory of problems at one facility. |
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News & Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1580091p-7774702c.html
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Bill Krueger
bkrueger@newsobserver.com |
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| November 28 2004 |
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New N.C. laws toughen domestic violence, meth penalties |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Legislation
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Among 20 new laws that go into effect December 1 are ones that create a new felony crime of assault by strangulation (which can now bring up to 2 years in prison), lower the threshold at which an assailant qualifies as a habitual misdemeanor assault offender (which then ups the crime to a felony), and eliminates a loophole that allowed convicted felons from possessing guns. The domestic violence measure also requires offenders to be placed on probation to enter an abuser treatment program. Sexual assault and stalking victims will also now be able to get "stay away" orders even if they have not had a previous personal relationship with the offender. |
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Wilmington Star
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041128/APN/411280755&cachetime=5
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Gary D. Robertson
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| December 02 2004 |
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N.C. aims to make rest homes safer |
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Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue has pledged to close a loophole that allows rest home operators to get around a 1999 law wherein the state can deny licenses to homes that are part of a chain that has a history of problems. |
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News 14
http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?ArID=80610&SecID=2
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Suzanne Robinson
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| January 01 2005 |
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Background check laws conflict |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Legislation
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"Effective Saturday, a new state law requires a comprehensive criminal background check on all job applicants at nursing homes, home health care agencies and mental health facilities. But federal privacy guidelines undermine the new state law. The FBI won't release results of national background checks on unlicensed employees such as janitors, secretaries and dieticians who have direct contact with residents [of] private nursing homes…. The federal government also won't funnel the information through a state agency such as the Department of Health and Human Services as originally planned, when state lawmakers passed legislation earlier this year." |
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Citizen-Times
http://www.citizen-times.com/cache/article/news/73187.shtml
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Kerra L. Bolton
Kbolton@citizen-times.com |
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