By The Motley Fool 02/15/2017
“…This is perhaps the most important step you can take to prevent elder abuse. At the very least, they should have a will, as well as medical and durable powers of attorney so that someone will have the legal authority to manage their affairs if they become mentally incapable of doing so themselves. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/02/15/protect-your-elderly-loved-ones-from-financial-abu.aspx
By The Guardian on 03/29/2107
“…Unfortunately, cases like this are not unusual. More than 500,000 older people are routinely physically abused, stolen from, defrauded, neglected and sexually assaulted in the UK every year by people they ought to be able to trust the most. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2017/mar/29/helpline-older-people-suffering-abuse-mental-health-services
By The New York Times on 04/07/2017
“…Statistics promulgated by the Obama White House declare that an estimated one in five college women will be sexually assaulted. …”
Read the entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/books/review/two-books-explore-the-furor-over-rape-on-campus.html?_r=1
By La Grange News on 04/04/2017
“…The exhibit is geared towards children between the ages of 12 to 18. The Teen Dating and Violence Awareness program is presented in some of the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Georgia units, Teen Fusion and a few high schools within the Troup County School System, Ford said. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.lagrangenews.com/2017/04/04/breaking-the-cycle/
By ABC10 ON 04/03/2017
“…The incident — which has resulted in dual lawsuits and banishment of the accused man from campus — points out how murky sexual assault allegations can become when young people and alcohol are involved, and there are no other witnesses. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.abc10.com/news/local/sexual-assault-lawsuit-centers-on-drunkenness/428018077
By Red Nation Rising on 03/15/2017
“… At CPAC 2017, I had the opportunity to sit down with E. Everett Bartlett, Ph. D., President of Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE), an organization dedicated to “working for policy reform to protect all victims and stop false allegations.” We spoke about campus sexual assault. The FIRST thing he told me is this, “We care about BOTH, the victims AND the accused.” …”
Read the entire article: https://rednationrising.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/good-sex-bad-sex-drunk-sex-rape/
By Ocala on 03/27/2017
“…“When people speak up about dating violence (it shows) they’ll stop it from the beginning and they are going to speak out,” Kingsley said. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.ocala.com/news/20170327/helping-victims-of-domestic-violence
By Barrons on 03/31/2017
“…The new rule has been approved by the SEC and will go into effect in February 2018. It requires securities firms to make “reasonable efforts” to obtain contact information for a person trusted by the account holder. The information will allow the companies to notify a family member or someone close to the customer if fraud or abuse is suspected. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.barrons.com/articles/advisors-empowered-to-fight-elder-abuse-1490980768
By The Register Herald on 03/29/2017
“…Certainly the increase in Internet and telephone scams has played a role, and those go far beyond the simply “phishing” for passwords and Social Security numbers to include sophisticated scams involving annuities, trusts, deeds and reverse mortgages — to name a few.
But many of the perpetrators are not strangers. They are family members, caregivers, neighbors, acquaintances or professionals who use their positions of trust to gain access to older resident’s finances. …”
By The Blaze on 04/03/2017
“…Students at Northern Arizona University are calling on their school president to resign because she refuses to implement or endorse “safe spaces” on the NAU campus. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/03/college-students-call-for-arizona-school-president-to-resign-because-she-rejects-safe-spaces/
