| |
|
| |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
 |
| |
Wisconsin
| August 26 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
Images: Malpractice awards bypass elderly |
|
| Comments: |
Article explores possible reasons why elders are significantly less likely than younger people to initiate malpractice litigation. |
| Source: |
Madison.com
www.madison.com
|
| Author: |
Barbara Quirk
|
|
| September 13 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
Report cites reasons for rise in elder abuse; Improved training, aging population likely factors |
|
| Comments: |
Wisconsin's 2002 elder abuse cases were up 15%, from 3,223 reports in 2001 to 3,721 reports in 2002. Other data included. |
| Source: |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
www.jsonline.com
|
| Author: |
|
|
| October 13 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
Effort planned to fight scams against seniors |
|
| Comments: |
"Saying financial exploitation of seniors is on the rise, state Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced Monday an initiative bringing together police, prosecutors, social workers, bankers and others to fight rip-offs that target older adults." |
| Source: |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
www.jsonline.com
|
| Author: |
Paul Gores
pgores@journalsentinel.com |
|
| October 13 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
AG targets physical, financial elder abuse |
|
| Comments: |
Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager is establishing an "anti-financial exploitation coordinating committee" to provide training, coordinate responses and address complicated cases on an ongoing basis." |
| Source: |
Madison.com
www.madison.com
|
| Author: |
David Callender
dcallender@madison.com |
|
| October 15 2003 |
|
|
| Title: |
Consumer Protection: Initiative would fight scams against seniors |
|
| Comments: |
Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has announced a statewide initiative bringing together police, prosecutors, social workers, bankers and others to fight rip-offs targeted at older adults. |
| Source: |
Pioneer Press
www.twincities.com
|
| Author: |
|
|
| January 30 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
Legislators close abuse loophole |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Legislation
|
| Comments: |
The State Senate unanimously passed the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, modifying the legal definition of substantial bodily harm to include broken noses or lacerations that require staples or a tissue adhesive, increasing the penalty for such crimes. |
| Source: |
Baraboo News Republic
http://baraboo.scwn.com/articles/2004/01/30/news/news1.txt
|
| Author: |
Scott De Laruelle
sdelaruelle@capitalnewspapers.com |
|
| August 03 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
Attorneys want proof in fatal neglect case |
|
| Comments: |
"Lawyers for a man accused of neglecting an elderly, disabled neighbor [age 88] until he died want prosecutors to show why they think their client should be held responsible." The client did hold a durable power of attorney and allegedly "channeled all contact from the outside world away from [the elder]." |
| Source: |
Green Bay Press Gazette
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_17166033.shtml
|
| Author: |
|
|
| December 06 2004 |
|
|
| Title: |
U.S. Sen Kohl: Named Leading Democrat on Senate Special Committee on Aging |
|
| Comments: |
"U.S. Senator Herb Kohl today was named by his Senate Democratic colleagues to serve as the Ranking Member on the Senate Special Committee on Aging in the 109th Congress…. Kohl has been a leader on efforts to protect elderly Americans. For instance, Kohl introduced legislation -- the Patient Abuse Prevention Act -- that requires criminal background checks for nursing home and other long-term care employees, including home health. …He has also secured annual funding increases for nursing home inspections." |
| Source: |
Wisconsin Politics
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=28158
|
| Author: |
|
|
| February 17 2005 |
|
|
| Title: |
Home care company fined, ordered to repay elderly |
|
| Comments: |
Homeward Bound has been ordered to give refunds of $650,000 (collectively) to more than 300 Wisconsin consumers with an average age of 79. The Pennsylvania-based company also must pay a fine of $162,000. "State insurance officials accused the company of selling illegal and impractical -- and in the great majority of cases, unused -- home-visit insurance to 'vulnerable citizens.'" |
| Source: |
Wisconsin State Journal
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=28827&ntpid=6
|
| Author: |
George Hesselberg
|
|
| August 26 2005 |
|
|
| Title: |
Bill wouldn't force seniors into homes |
|
| Comments: |
A bill proposed by Sen. Carol Roessler, R-Oshkosh, would allow Medicaid to pay for elders in assisted living who would otherwise be forced into nursing homes because they have run out of savings. |
| Source: |
Gazette Xtra
http://www.gazetteextra.com/nursinghomebill082605.asp
|
| Author: |
Jay Webster
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
