Lighting Considerations for the Elderly
As people grow older, they experience a general deterioration of the body and its functions. Their movement is slower and they may be prone to aches occasioned by age-related ailments like arthritis. Most importantly, More...
How to Care for Elderly Parents
Aging parents can bring a mixture of totally different emotions from person to person. Some feel that their parents are coping well with age and can be amazed at how well they deal with the inevitabilities of life. More...
Seeking support when you’re a live-in caregiver
According to the Better at home report, a live in carer allows an individual or couple to stay within the comfort of their own home giving one to one, high quality 24/7 support from a carer who lives with them. More...
Belgian law will increase euthansia, targeting Catholic to force doctors, health workers ‘to kill’ their patients
The lower Chamber of the Belgian federal Parliament has approved several measures in favor of increased access to euthanasia, which has been legal in the country since 2002. On Thursday, a large majority of Chamber More...
An Empowered Approach to Caring for a Loved One in a Nursing Home
When a loved one is being cared for in a nursing home facility, you don’t have direct control over their daily activities and it’s difficult to know if they’re being treated appropriately. Unfortunately, nursing More...
Clearwater man Falo Kane arrested for sexually assaulting seniors in nursing facilities, one was disabled by a stroke
Clearwater police in Florida have arrested Falo Kane for sexual assaulting senior citizens in a health facility, one woman being disabled by a stroke. Kane, 32, was arrested after police investigated incidents during More...
Dignity in Dying promotes assisted suicide as the alternative to a ‘bad death’
In Scotland, euthanasia groups are working to convince lawmakers to legalize assisted suicide, attempting to scare people in a new report, “The Inescapable Truth,” along with a video, which claims that 17 More...
Gov Kate Brown signs Oregon euthanasia bill, ends waiting period
Oregon Governor Kate Brown agreed to expand the assisted suicide law by signing Bill SB 0579 into law. This bill, essentially, eliminates the 15 day waiting period to die by assisted suicide, a safeguard that was More...
Phone Provider, Donald Dodt Found Guilty for $11 Million International Telemarketing Scheme
An Ohio man was found guilty late yesterday for his role in a $7 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded primarily elderly victims in the United States from call centers in Costa Rica. Assistant Attorney General More...
New York Man, Rudolph Carryl Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud, Defrauding Retired Victims
U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Rudolph Carryl, 67, formerly of Oyster Bay, N.Y., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler late Friday, March 15, 2019, and pleaded guilty to securities More...
Buffalo Man, Todd Laraba Indicted for Violent Home Invasion of an Elderly Couple
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Todd Laraba, 41, of Buffalo, NY, with Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy, and marijuana conspiracy. More...
Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse: Problems that Aren’t Going Away
With so many organizations working to raise awareness about nursing home neglect and abuse, it comes as a shock to many people that it continues to happen in nursing homes far away and close to home, including four More...
South Bend Man, Sven Marshall Charged with Mail Fraud for Scamming Elderly Investors
Sven Eric Marshall, 61 years old, formerly of South Bend, Indiana, has been charged with five counts of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. U.S. Attorney Kirsch said, “Elder abuse More...
Paterson Police Officer, Roger Then admits Concealing Civil Rights Crime
A City of Paterson police officer today admitted concealing the assault of an attempted suicide victim by another police officer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Police More...
97-year-old Rachel Andrews pleads for her life during 911 call, murdered by daughter Gail Andrews Miller
Metro Police in Tennessee identified the three people were killed in a murder-suicide at a home near Belle Meade. Police revealed that Gail Andrews Miller killed her mother, Rachel Andrews and her sister, Barbara More...
Michigan police identify Eugene Troutman as man found dead in Grand River
Grand Rapids Police in Michigan have announced the identity of the man found Sunday in the Grand River near the 6th Street Dam as Eugene Troutman. Troutman, 59, was a long time resident of Georgia. His body was More...
Louisiana: Michael Collins arrested for Kentucky double murder of Eugene Gurley and Patricia Gurley
The Allen County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky says police have arrested Michael T. Collins, who is wanted for two counts of first degree murder in Louisiana. Michael T. Collins Collins, 45, is the person of More...
Wendy Ford killed by Arnold Ford, who bludgeoned his senior mom, Florence Ford, kills self at Pennsylvania truck stop
A Rochester, New York man identified as a suspect in the death of his wife and the attempted killing of his mother was found dead near a Harborcreek Township truck stop in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Arnold Ford More...
Dawn Bennett convicted in $40 million Ponzi Scheme to steal from elderly investors
After deliberating for fewer than five hours, a federal jury today convicted Dawn J. Bennett, age 56, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, on all 17 federal charges including conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, bank More...
Are Large Assisted Living Communities Your Best Senior Living Option?
Taking care of your parents is your highest purpose in life! Your parents and loved ones have done all it takes to help you succeed and enjoy the gifts of life. And now when they are aging and need daily hand-holding More...
