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3 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Flaws in governor's budget

Instead of subsidizing coverage for a Honda version of health insurance, the governor wants to use your money to provide a Cadillac plan - a self-inflicted extra cost.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Family, Medicare

Fri May 24, 2013

KOMO News

Fake cop targeting Seattle's elderly in cash scam

A man going by Capt. Jack Truska, Sgt. Drumbowski or "some other gruff TV cop name" is targeting elderly women and scamming them out of tens of thousands of dollars, according to the Seattle Police Department.

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Related Topix: Family

CBS Local

Woman Critical After Lawndale High-Rise Fire

A fire at a senior citizen high-rise in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood left an elderly woman critically injured Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Family

WATE-TV Knoxville

4 arrested, indicted for fraud in investment scheme that targeted the elderly

The indictment alleges that Benchmark Capital, Inc. was engaged in an elaborate scheme that lured investors, many of whom were elderly, into investing their retirement savings and the equity in their homes in phony annuity investments.

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Related Topix: Family, Personal Finance, Retirement, University of Tennessee

Sunday Times

Shoppers caught in violent rampage

BULL CREEK ATTACK: Police say a man fitting this description punched a shopper in the face, knocking her to the ground.

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Related Topix: Family, Esperance, NY, Australia, Oceania, World News

WGAL-TV Lancaster

Poor hit hardest by Washington budget cuts

Forced federal spending cuts intended to be equal and across-the-board have lately fallen harder on the nation's poor, sick and elderly.

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Related Topix: Family, Kansas City, KS, University of Wisconsin Madison, Autos

Rutland and Stamford Mercury

Whitefriars Care Home in Stamford charged over death of widow, 84

A charitable trust which runs a care home in Stamford is being taken to court over the death of an elderly woman resident.

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Related Topix: Family

Thu May 23, 2013

Gasparilla Gazette

Abuse of the elderly is not the solution to our debt problem

The election of 2012 is over, but the extremists persist in their desire to eliminate the deficit by destroying Medicare, Social Security, and entitlements.

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Related Topix: Family, Personal Finance, Social Security

Blacktown Sun

Blacktown's carers for the elderly rewarded

Ed Husic presents the Judges Commendation Award to Shweta Sharma with two judges, Josephine Rechichi and Chris Pilao looking on.

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Related Topix: Family

NBC Miami

Woman Made Elderly Man Withdraw Thousands: Cops

A South Florida woman is facing a grand theft charge after she drove an elderly man to Broward County banks and made him withdraw tens of thousands of dollars, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Family, Broward County, FL, Plantation, FL

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Town and Country: Nurse assistant charged with stealing from elderly woman

A certified nursing assistant is accused of taking money from the room of an elderly woman living at an assisted living facility in Town and Country.

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Related Topix: Family, Town and Country, MO

Bournemouth Echo

Dorset's 'asset rich, cash poor' elderly suffering in recession

THE economic downturn is having a marked impact on the wellbeing of 'asset rich, cash poor' older people in Dorset, Bournemouth University researchers have found.

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Related Topix: Family, Personal Finance, Retirement, Pension

The Chronicle (Cromwell/Middletown)

Senior Housing Consultant Grant Application A...

The Newington Town Council last Tuesday, May 14, officially approved an application for a $20,400 technical assistance grant that will be used to hire a consultant to advise them on areas within which senior citizen housing can be constructed.

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Related Topix: Family

Mirror.co.uk

Elderly lost in benefits maze: A 5.5bn worth of benefits unclaimed by pensioners

A shocking one in three pensioners are struggling to make ends meet as bills for everyday essentials continue to rocket and incomes fail to keep up.

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Related Topix: Family, Pension, Personal Finance

NorthJersey.com

DeMarrais: Robocalls target elderly, ailing

The cheerful voice on the phone says you can protect yourself and your loved ones with an emergency medical alert.

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Related Topix: Family

Wed May 22, 2013

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Nashville judge permanently suspends guardian

A Nashville judge has permanently suspended the public guardian of Davidson County while citing "significant concerns" that she charged excessive fees to the elderly and disabled people she is supposed to protect.

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Related Topix: Family, Tennessee

Northwest Florida Daily News

Meals on Wheels needs help to stay on the road

As Grace Wells set out Mary Owens' meal on a table, she and her niece Jamie Featherston chatted with the 91-year-old woman.

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Related Topix: Family, Okaloosa County, FL, Destin, FL, Fort Walton Beach, FL

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Authorities say missing SD man could be in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. - South Dakota authorities are asking their neighbors in Minnesota to keep their eyes open for a missing elderly man in the early stages of dementia.

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Related Topix: Family, Chrysler, Chrysler Intrepid, Sports

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Russell County Sheriff: Beware Medicare, Medicaid scams targeting elderly

Russell County citizens should be cautious of callers claiming to represent Medicare or Medicaid, due to a foreign scam which has increasingly targeted elderly residents during the past two months, according to the Russell County Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Medicaid, Family, Social Security, Personal Finance

KHQ-TV Spokane

Idaho Nurse Assistant Pleads Guilty To Taking Pain Meds

An east-central Idaho nursing assistant has pleaded guilty to removing pain patches from elderly patients at a nursing home so she could use them herself to get high.

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Related Topix: Family, Moore, OK, Oklahoma City, OK