Showing posts with label Elder Law. Show all posts

Friday, November 14, 2014

Care for parent leads to firing

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Advanced Directives by Hospice of Health First

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Why You're Never Too Old to Become a Social Media Maven

Networking and business opportunities on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn appeal to all age groups.

Learning how to utilize social media is especially important for people starting a second career in midlife and retiring entrepreneurs.

You hear it so often that you assume it must be true: Young "digital natives" are far better than their older counterparts at using social media, both personally and as a job skill.

But in the real world of social media, people old enough to be grandparents are finding that the skills they have developed throughout their careers make them equally adept, and sometimes even savvier, than young people.

"I love social media," says Patti Shock, 72, who teaches online courses in hospitality management for Florida International University in Miami from her home in Las Vegas. "It helps me to keep in touch with people I lost touch with for decades. I meet new people. … I learn from it every day."

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Stop Elder Abuse

Linda Kincaid Reports: Elder Abuse by Monterey County Public Guardian: Court Order for Isolation

San Francisco resident Margarita Zelada is unlawfully confined and isolated at Senior Paradise in Del Rey Oaks, California. The false imprisonment is at the order of the Monterey County Public Guardian.

http://nasga-stopguardianabuse.blogspot.com/

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Illinois Supreme Court Summaries for November 16, 2013 - Justia - Illinois Supreme Court, Elder Law, Trusts, Trustee, Estate, fraud, deceit,

In re Karavidas

Docket: 115767	Opinion Date: November 15, 2013
Judge: Garman
Areas of Law: Family Law, Legal Ethics, Trusts & Estates

Karavidas, admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1979, worked for the City of Chicago, the Attorney General, and several law firms. In 1988, he opened his own practice. His father executed will and trust documents prepared by another attorney in 2000, and died later the same day. Karavidas was named executor and successor trustee. His dealings with the estate resulted in charges of conversion of assets entrusted to him; breach of fiduciary obligations; conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, in violation of Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct; conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice; and conduct tending to defeat the administration of justice or to bring the courts or the legal profession into disrepute. The Review Board of the IARDC recommended that charges be dismissed. The Illinois Supreme Court agreed. Before professional discipline may be imposed under Supreme Court Rule 770, the Administrator must demonstrate that the attorney violated the Rules of Professional Conduct. Personal misconduct that falls outside the scope of the Rules may be the basis for civil liability or other adverse consequences, but may not result in professional discipline.

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This is the most common form of Elder Abuse, Financial Exploitation. Considering that Attorney Karavidas was involved, it is also one of the most despicable. Older clients often put great trust in their counsel and are easily duped.

Seems like another Chicago crooked attorney gets away with it, which is not un-common in the City of the Big Shoulders, and Bigger Swindlers. From the standpoint of the early sixties, things are put into a different perspective.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Illinois Department of Aging - Adult Protective Services

Preventing Abuse of Older Persons and Adults with Disabilities Who Live in the Community

Effective July 1, 2013, legislation was passed by the General Assembly to expand the Departments current Elder Abuse and Neglect Program to prevent abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of people with disabilities between the ages of 18-59 living in the community.

The Adult Protective Services Program is locally coordinated through 45 provider agencies, which are designated by the regional Area Agency on Aging and the Department on Aging. Case workers from these agencies conduct investigations and work with adults with disabilities and seniors in resolving abusive situations. All abuse caseworkers are trained and certified by the Department.

What is Abuse?
Reporting Abuse
After a Report is Made
Preventing Financial Exploitation

http://www.state.il.us/aging/1abuselegal/abuse.htm

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Web Resources for Seniors - Illinois Department of Aging

Web Resources for Seniors

About Aging: Facts, Issues, Demographics,...

End of Life Issues

Aging Network & General Support
Assistance in Your Home & Community
- Caregiver Support
- Community Care Program
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- Information & Assistance
- Nutrition
- Transportation
Awards & Recognition
Diseases
Education & Recreation
Elder Rights
- Preventing Fraud
- Abuse Prevention in your Neighborhood
- Abuse Prevention within a Nursing Facility
- Legal Services
Employment
Gambling
Grandparents & Children
Housing & Nursing Homes
Income / Insurance / Health Care Expenses
Intergenerational & Volunteer Programs
Legislation
Prescription Drug Assistance
Veterans Services

http://www.state.il.us/aging/2wwwlinks/links-main.htm

Illinois Department of Aging Legal Services

The Department’s Legal Services Developer, an attorney, provides legal advice to the Adult Protective Services and Ombudsman Provider Agencies. The Area Agencies on Aging fund local legal services for older people, and the Legal Services Developer oversees the program and provides technical assistance upon request.

The senior legal assistance provider offices, of which there are 21 around the state, provide legal services to Illinoisans 60 years of age or older. Legal assistance providers advocate for and represent older clients in civil cases – particularly those involving...

elder abuse and neglect,
financial exploitation,
consumer fraud,
landlord-tenant relationships,
nursing home residents’ rights, and
conflicts over benefit programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social security and pensions.

They also...

help with simple estate planning, living wills, and powers of attorney,
perform research and
conduct educational programs regarding legal rights on a wide variety of legal issues.

Each provider serves a specific geographical area, usually several counties.

http://www.state.il.us/aging/1abuselegal/legal.htm

REAL ISLAM !!!

And slay them wherever you come upon them, and expel them from where they expelled you; persecution is more grievous than slaying. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, slay them — such is the recompense of unbelievers, but if they give over, surely Allah is All-forgiving, All-compassionate. Fight them, till there is no persecution and the religion is Allah’s; then if they give over, there shall be no enmity save for evildoers. (Quran 2:191-193)

Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that Allah has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for Allah’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them. (Quran 4:34)

They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of Allah; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever you find them; take not to yourselves any one of them as friend or helper. (Quran 4:89)

This is the recompense of those who fight against Allah and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth, to do corruption there: they shall be slaughtered, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall alternately be struck off; or they shall be banished from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement. (Quran 5:33)

When thy Lord was revealing to the angels, ˜I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast into the unbelievers’ hearts terror; so smite above the necks, and smite every finger of them! (Quran 8:12)

Make ready for them whatever force and strings of horses you can, to strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides them that you know not; Allah knows them. And whatsoever you expend in the way of Allah shall be repaid you in full; you will not be wronged. (Quran 8:60)

Then, when the sacred months are drawn away, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms, then let them go their way; Allah is All-forgiving, All-compassionate. (Quran 9:5)

Fight those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden — such men as practise not the religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book — until they pay the tribute out of hand and have been humbled. (Quran 9:29)

Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed; that is a promise binding upon Allah in the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Koran; and who fulfils his covenant truer than Allah? So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him; that is the mighty triumph. (Quran 9:111)

O believers, fight the unbelievers who are near to you; and let them find in you a harshness; and know that Allah is with the godfearing. (Quran 9:123)

When you meet the unbelievers, smite their necks, then, when you have made wide slaughter among them, tie fast the bonds; then set them free, either by grace or ransom, till the war lays down its loads. So it shall be; and if Allah had willed, He would have avenged Himself upon them; but that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will not send their works astray. (Quran 47:4)

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