Civil Rights : Elderly |
Rights of older people both for fair treatment and equality of opportunity and for protection as needed. Retirement security (see Economic Justice site) and access to adequate health care (see Health Care site); adequacy of nursing homes and other protective facilities.
10/20/08 Police report that "scam artists" are operating to defraud elderly in Gainesville of their money.
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Analysis & views: 7/4/07 UK Guardian's Dignity at Home campaign finds that elderly British pensioners are facing increasingly stringent "eligibility tests" for provision of "simple" home health care services like laundry and shopping. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2115750,00.html 4/19/07 UK science minister proposes that vulnerable older people be fitting with electronic monitoring devices to help authorities and families to locate them when they go missing. http://society.guardian.co.uk/longtermcare/story/0,,2060773,00.html
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Websites Alliance for Retired Americans: http://www.retiredamericans.org/ Elder Rights: http://www.byteland.org/era/
Analysis & views: 7/5/08 Meals on Wheels gets a flat tire. As food prices rise and the need for elderly feeding programs like Meals on Wheels increases, so too does the price of gasoline as half the MW programs have already cut their services and 90% expect to have done so by next year. (All you commodities futures traders on oil and gas prices, enjoy your big profits!) 4/12/07 Philadelphia tries to reduce its backlog of inspections of facilities for personal care for the elderly by putting on additional temporary inspectors. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070412_Interim_help_for_personal-care_home_backlog.html 8/18/06 HHS report notes prevalence of hardship and suffering among elderly during hurricane evacuations, and calls for new disaster relief rules to remedy the situation. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/us/18prepare.html?th&emc=th 2/27/06 Elderly commune developed in California: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/national/27commune.html?th&emc=th
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Analysis & views: 11/9/07 Unions and some Florida lawmakers are questioning the effects on patient care of the proposed purchase by the Carlyle Group of Manor Care, a string of 26 nursing homes in the state. http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/110807/D8SPPJ9G1.shtml 10/22/07 Seniors v. Crime: "No problem is too small. No company too daunting. No crooked contractor too shifty to escape their watch." A Miami Herald description of a program which has operated for many years in which volunteers have assisted Florida elderly in dealing with the array of "scams" and "injustices" to which they are prey. Now Seniors v. Crime is about to expand operations with the opening of a number of new offices in south Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/279744.html 4/23/06 Broward County legislator pushes for a bill in Tallahassee to provide a county Council on Services for Seniors to expand elderly services: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14402096.htm 2/8/06 Nursing home in St. John's County for veterans is on legislative agenda: http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/NEWS02/602080330/1011
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Analysis and views: Gainesville: 10/20/08 Police report that "scam artists" are operating to defraud elderly in Gainesville of their money. Collier Co.: 12/30/07 Suicides of elderly people in southwest Florida highlight a high rate of suicide of older Americans in this area and in the nation. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/dec/29/southwest-florida-seniors-high-risk-suicide/ Ocala: 4/23/06 Trial begins in Ocala of owner of pit bulls who attacked and killed an elderly woman: http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/NEWS/60422001/1025/news Tallahassee: 3/10/06 Law suit may result from Leon County's failure to provide voting machines for the disabled: http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/NEWS01/603100365/1010/NEWS01 Ft. Lauderdale: Better screening of nursing home workers urged after alleged sexual assault on elderly patient:http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13808318.htm
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