OJAI, Calif. – A 25-year-old Oxnard caregiver for an 81-year-old Ojai woman was arrested in January for elder abuse, forgery, and grand theft after she allegedly cashed over $3000 in checks into her ...

IF ANY INFORMATION, CALL POLICE. CASES OF ELDER ABUSE HAVE SPIKED WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY ALYSSA MUNOZ. WHILE THEY’RE TRYING TO STOP THE PROBLEM NOW, PASSING ...

January 27, 2009 — About one-third of family caregivers admit to abusive behavior toward their family member with dementia, mainly verbal abuse, a new survey suggests. Although levels of physical or ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — A medical caregiver has been accused of assaulting a 91-year-old patient, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office says. Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a press conference that ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force has concluded it cannot issue recommendations — neither for nor against — regarding screening older adults for caregiver abuse and neglect, even as new data ...

Certified nursing aides in residential care facilities often have weak understanding of elder abuse, new study results show. But through their direct experience in caring for seniors, aides as a group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ventura County caregiver was arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly woman under her care. The ...

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The day was founded in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization and was adopted by the United ...

Our region’s population is aging, and that growing older population is increasingly vulnerable to a number of abuses. Sometimes they fall victim to complex scams, in this digital age. Sometimes they ...