Cameron DeGuerre, a well-known attorney with Peck Bloom LLC, gave a advisers at the recent NAPFA (the National Association of Personal Financial Advisers) conference an overview of the problem in which it was explained that between half of a million and five million elders are abused, either financially, emotionally, or physically each each year. It is difficult to put an exact number on abuse cases because many go unreported.

Unfortunately, in 78% of elder-abuse cases, the abuser is a spouse, a child or other relative of the individual, according to 2010 statistics from the Illinois Department on Aging. And financial exploitation is the most-often-reported type of abuse (58%) and is often linked to emotional abuse.

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Lucy Waithira Gakunga (age 23) and Caroline Kaseske (age 28), on charges of neglect by a caretaker. The two nursing assistants were charged following the release of a video, which demonstrates evidence of abuse at the facility. The family placed the hidden camera in the room after suspecting staff members of stealing from the patient’s room.

Following the arrest of the two women, an incident report was released that states the video shows several instances of abuse to the patient. According to the police report, the nurses were shown forcing latex gloves into the patients mouth, as well as pushing the patients face in an attempt to force her to lie down.

In a statement released by the administration of the nursing home, representatives said that the two employees do not represent an accurate portrayal of the over 100 employees at the facility.

Amanda Penrod, a representative of Quail Creel said, “We hold ourselves to the highest of standards and have zero tolerance for such behavior or conduct, which is why we immediately contacted the police.”

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Accodring to Robert Heary, the organizer of the event and a UMDNJ neurosurgeon, said ”Everything I’m seeing here is completely different than what I learned as a medical student 25 years ago.” Stem cell implantation in a dozen spinal-cord patients is underway in Switzerland, according to Aileen Anderson, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of California-Irvine who has been involved in the work. She said the human clinical trial will be going through 2015 at least, but stem cells advances have been moving relatively quickly.

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Beane was a well respected announcer and pillar in the Boston community,  calling games during the Boston Red Sox’s 2004 and 2007 world championship victories. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox have been long time rivals, but both clubs came together to mourn the passing of the well loved radio personality.

Prior to becoming the Sox’s play-by-play announcer in 2002, Beane provided radio reports and sound bites for broadcasters, which included many prestigious organizations such as The Associated Press. Once he landed his dream job as the announcer, he say his team march to the organizations first World Series Championship since 1918.

Investigators believe that Beane suffered his heart attack prior to the accident, which caused him to lose control of his vehicle and suffer the fatal accident. Beane was taken by emergency personnel to Harrington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

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Modesta Alvarado was a patient at a New Jersey nursing home, she recently died as a result of injuries she sustained while at the facility.  According to court documents, Alvarado suffered abuse at the hands of several employees at the facility. A recent news agency has even released a video of the alleged abuse.

The employee that was charged with neglect, assault and abandonment was named Julia Galvan. Investigators say that the criminal investigation is still pending and more staff members may have potential criminal charges brought against them as well. Galvan was fired from the facility after her arrest.

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Six years after her husbands death, Ms. Sargent can finally put the events of that day behind her. A Gwinnett County jury has just awarded the widow $ 2 million, after finding that the police officer who was driving the cruiser that collided with her late husbands vehicle, was committing a negligent act. The negligence of the officer caused the accident that directly lead to her husband’s death.

James Stoudenmire

According to court documents, Sargent was attempting to make a left hand turn on I-78, when Officer James Stoudenmire’s police cruiser collided with Sargent’s vehicle. The officer was responding to a call, speeding to the location at approximately 80 mph at the time of the accident. However, Stoudenmire failed to activate any emergency lights or sirens, which is against protocol of the department and was deemed negligent by the court.

Stoudenmire was disciplined by his supervisor and suspended from duty following the wreck. To make matters worse for the officer, he was arrested on a DUI charge, while off duty, three years later. In lieu of being terminated, the department allowed Stoudenmire to resign.

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Emily Morris, age 31, was a resident of Norristown Pennsylvania, a rural area only a stone’s throw away from the Philadelphia area. The woman sustained serious injuries from a car accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last weekend, which subsequently resulted in her death.

According to police reports, Ms. Morris was traveling westbound from Philadelphia towards her home in Norristown, when a construction sign crashed through her windshield, causing her to lose control of her vehicle. A box truck was traveling eastbound in the opposite direction, when it struck the construction sign, causing it to become dislodged and crash through Morris’ windshield. She lost control of her Volkswagen, and struck another vehicle before veering into the concrete divider. The vehicle finally came to a rest in a ditch on the side of the turnpike.

Morris was well respected in her community, and was the editor of several newspapers, including the Souderton Independent, and Perkasie News Herald. News of her death from the car accident spread like wildfire, as hundreds of her friends and family posted their thoughts, feelings and condolences on Emily’s Facebook page.

“Today we lost one of the truly great ones. Thank you, Emily, for enriching my life and making me laugh (constantly). Saying that you’ll be missed, barely scrapes the surface of how profound a loss this is to everyone who knew you. I count myself beyond lucky to have been able to call you a friend. Goodbye, Em.”

The driver of the other vehicle and the truck suffered only minor injuries. Morris was medevaced to Reading Hospital, where she passed away due to her injuries. The Norristown Patch will post Morris’ obituary and information on her services as soon as it becomes available.

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Anne Barcheck, the alleged victim in the suit, was a patient of the facility for several years. She allegedly sustained critical injuries such as blood clots, a fractured hip, and was improperly prescribed certain pain medications. As a result, Barcheck suffered from disfigurement, emotional and physical trauma, and an inordinate amount of hospitalizations. The plaintiffs allege that these factors contributed the rapid deterioration of the patients physical and mental health.

The plaintiffs seek to prove that no valid argument for arbitration exists, and that the defendants are liable for Ms. Barcheck’s injuries while at the care facility. She intends to prove that the defendants were fully aware of the patients pre-existing conditions, and had a duty and responsibility to properly maintain an adequate level of care to the patient once she became a resident of the facility.

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The resident, Henry C. Gibson, was a patient of a Mississippi nursing home, from June of 2001 to December 2002. Gibson was moved to another nursing home in late 2002, where he eventually passed away January 26th, 2003. The original decision was reduced to $575,000, for compensatory damages and permanent disfigurement.

This reduction of almost  $1 million in the award to the plaintiff, is viewed very differently by both sides of the decision. Lobbyists for the nursing home industry, say that due to recent cuts in federal funding for elder care facilities, large awards and settlements from neglect and abuse cases may create a harmful precedent for civil suits. These facilities are on the verge of closing as it is, and these decisions have the ability to close entire care centers, and some think possibly  destroy the elder care industry as a whole.  Any closings would be detrimental to families seeking assistance, and leaving elder patients without the desperately needed care that they require.

On the other side of the coin, people that side with plaintiffs interests in these suits, most often say that the inherent duty to provide adequate care and supervision to patients, must trump any greater industry concerns. Families who suffer loss of life due to negligence and abuse from staff, must be justly compensated, as to set an example to other nursing homes who fail to meet industry standards.

The defendants in this case were Foundation Health Services Inc., and Magnolia Healthcare Incorporated. The final decision in the initial civil suit was that the defendants were indeed negligent, subsequently allowing various injuries to the plaintiff that contributed to his death. Because the company as a whole committed no willfully malicious act, the court refused to award any punitive damages.

The plaintiffs appealed the decision of the lower court, claiming that the cap for compensatory damages is unconstitutional, and that the reckless negligence of the employees constitutes grounds for punitive damages. The defense cross-appeal was based around improper witness testimony, and also alleged counsel for the plaintiffs made inappropriate comments before the jury.

The plaintiffs motion for punitive damages was ultimately denied, the court deciding that there insufficient evidence to prove that there was clear and convincing proof that the defendants acted with willful or reckless disregard for the safety of their patients.

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All 12 patients had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, while none experienced any long-term complications related to either the surgical procedure or the implantation of stem cells, or showed signs of rejecting the cells. And in the months following the surgery to inject the cells, none showed evidence that their ALS progression was accelerating.

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