| |
|
| |
|
|
Free Areas |
| Basic Elder Abuse Information |
Reporting Abuse |
| Lawyers |
| Jobs |
| Conferences |
| Media |
| State Laws |
| Prevention |
| Fraud Alerts |
| Adult Abuse Review |
| Daily Newsfeed |
| It Takes A Village |
| Legislation |
| Survivors |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
| |
South Carolina
| August 07 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
Landess: Attorney general's domestic violence plan will save lives |
|
| Comments: |
Column discusses Attorney General Henry McMaster's initiative to train, certify, assign and supervise pro bono lawyers to prosecute domestic violence cases. |
| Source: |
Carolina Morning News
www.lowcountrynow.com
|
| Author: |
Ashely Landess
|
|
| August 21 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
New law aims to end repeated domestic abuse |
|
| Comments: |
The new Domestic Violence Protection Act makes high and aggravated criminal domestic violence a felony (up from a misdemeanor), and mandates minimum sentences. |
| Source: |
WIS 10 News
www.wistv.com
|
| Author: |
Karen Gormley
|
|
| December 31 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
New Domestic Violence Law Takes Effect Jan. 1; Tougher Penalties, Required Education Programs Part of New Laws |
|
| Comments: |
A new domestic violence law provides that:
-- Criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature becomes a felony and a "violent crime". A conviction will require a fine and/or prison time.
-- First-time offenders will not be able to clear their record by taking an anger management class.
-- Two convictions in a 10-year period will result in a mandatory 90-day jail sentence. |
| Source: |
The Carolina Channel
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/2735925/detail.html
|
| Author: |
|
|
| May 16 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
Background Checks |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Services
|
| Comments: |
Article lists "the three major ways to check an individual's background in South Carolina" -- the Sex Offender Registry, SLED CATCH criminal background check, and Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect. Includes how to access the lists, costs involved, number of entries, and other data for each database. |
| Source: |
The State
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/8678681.htm
|
| Author: |
|
|
| August 29 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
Reporting Adult Mistreatment |
|
| Comments: |
Gives reader three places to call to report abuse: "the county office of the Department of Social Services" for cases in a private residence, the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program for cases in licensed facilities, and the police if the case represents immediate harm. |
| Source: |
The State
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/9526567.htm
|
| Author: |
|
|
| September 19 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
Safety worries members of Silver Haired Legislature |
|
| Comments: |
For the second consecutive year, the Silver Haired Legislature has put safety concerns at the top of its legislative priority list. Of the top five issues are three related to elder abuse: increase the number of ombudsmen; require criminal background checks for in-home and adult day care providers; and increase funding for abused seniors. |
| Source: |
The State
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/9699548.htm
|
| Author: |
Roddie Burris
rburris@thestate.com |
|
| November 14 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
Can kids save mom from a wayward sibling? |
|
| Comments: |
Syndicated Q&A column says family shouldn't bother calling Adult Protective Services over 62-year-old man taking financial advantage of his 85-year-old, widowed mother. Does note her gifts to him might disqualify her for Medicaid, should she need it. |
| Source: |
The State
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/10167708.htm
|
| Author: |
Jan Warner and Jan Collins
|
|
| February 01 2005 |
|
|
| Title: |
Handling of mentally ill may change; Group advocating better management and treatment |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Prosecution
- Legislation
|
| Comments: |
"[A] coalition of mental health advocates, hospitals, police officers and probate judges, called S.C. Partners in Crisis, formed to focus on ways to improve the [mental health] system without spending any money," has proposed a package of "modest changes" that should "open up some beds, streamline the process for those who need to be committed for emergency treatment and filter out some of those who no longer need it." |
| Source: |
Post and Courier
http://www.charleston.net/stories/Default.aspx?newsID=9593§ion=localnews
|
| Author: |
Jonathan Maze
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
