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AGING WITH HUMOR |
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GOALS FOR SAVING GRACE |
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GRAY RIBBON CAMPAIGN |
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  ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION OF THE ELDERLY
ALSO PLEASE SEE:
READ THIS
 CBS NEWS
Tracking Abuse In Nursing Homes
Many Homes Cited For Serious Violations
One Woman Accused Caretaker Of Abuse
http://www.medicare.gov/nursing/home.asp
LEGAL ISSUES
READ THIS
Do Existing Laws Adequately Protect
The Estates of Infirmed Seniors
vs
Fraud, Duress & Undue Influence?
HALT – An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform
IT’S TIME FOR CITIZEN ACTION!
"75 to 90 percent of American trial
lawyers are incompetent, dishonest - or both."
the late Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
(Quoted by the Constitution Society:
E-Mail - dcg3@ix.netcom.com)
"Saving Grace", as an advocacy group
has connected with
National Advocates throughout
the Nation and the World
in an effort to bring awareness of
elderly abuse, neglect and exploitation.
As part of our goals we attempt
to keep updated
on the latest information
and to help persons
seeking advocacy information
to gain the educational
information they need.
This web page contains links
to valuable resources
and national advocacy groups.
If you would like your
organization included please contact
grace@vcn.com
" raying With race, A Ribbon Runs Through It"
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE FOR INFORMATION
ON
SOLUTIONS
AND
ADVOCACY GROUPS
AND A VARIETY
OF ADVOCACY LINKS
In an effort to bring more awareness
to the issues of elderly abuse and exploitation,
"Saving Grace'
initiated the
"Graying With Grace, A Ribbon Runs Through It",
Gray Ribbon Campaign
to Support Awareness of
Elderly Abuse, Exploitation, and Neglect.
"Saving Grace" has also initiated collaberative
networks on The Gray Ribbon Campaign
with the following
organizations and individuals.
The Gray Ribbon,
"Graying With Grace, A Ribbon Runs Through It"
Network has been very active
throughout the nation in promoting this endeavor.
For More Information See
"SAVING GRACE",
The Gray Ribbon Campaign
The early supporters called ourselves
the
 "Motley Crew"
as we all had different and diverse experiences
with abuse, neglect, exploitation and fraud
with our elderly loved ones
or in our places of employment.
Thus,
the
"GRAYING WITH GRACE, A RIBBON RUNS THROUGH IT"
PLEASE
join us
in bringing awareness to this
CAMPAIGN
OF
HOPE AND SUPPORT
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE FOLLOWING
CONTACT "SAVING GRACE"
grace@vcn.com
INFORMED CITIZENS AND
EFFECTIVE LONG TERM CARE REFORM:
A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP
ALSO SEE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
UCSF ELECTONIC DAILY
DAYBREAK
newsbreak
1st appeared 18 June 1999
Advocating Humane Treatment in Nursing Homes
http://www.ucsf.edu/daybreak/1999/06/18_nahm.html
SOLUTIONS
Federal edict seeks home care for many disabled
White House orders states to comply with Supreme Court ruling
FROM SPOKANE.NET
Robert Pear - New York Times
PLEASE READ
Bed money
Getting states to implement the Supreme Court's
integration ruling means fighting
for dollars that nursing home operators
see as righfully theirs -- by law.
May/June
2000
By Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
is editor of Ragged Edge.
SYMTOMS OF ABUSE
SENIOR SUPPORT NETWORK
An excellent site for a variety of information
with emphasis on nursing home information.
It also includes a message board
and links to other sources of
information on elderly issues.
Visit this site for information on the
Gray Ribbon, A Ribbon Runs Through It Campaign,
a campaign designed to
promote
awareness of elderly abuse, neglect, exploitation and fraud.
Peggy is a one of the initial supporters of
the "Graying With Grace, a Ribbon Runs Through It"
Gray Ribbon Campaign Against Elderly Abuse.
Peggy is particularly interested and concerned with
the use of restraints in nursing homes
with an emphaiss on tube feedings.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE THIS SITE
PICTURES ARE INCLUDED OF NURSING HOME ABUSE AND NEGLECT
THIS SITE TAKES A WHILE TO DOWNLOAD. PLEASE BE PATIENT!
WARNING! THIS SITE
CONTAINS GRAPHIC AND SHOCKING SUBJECT MATTER!
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS
THAT THE GRAY RIBBON CAMPAIGN WAS INITIATED.
PLEASE HELP US AND OTHERS
STOP THIS ABUSE AND OTHER ABUSES OF OUR ELDERLY
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/9965/
ALSO SEE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE
UCSF
DAYBREAK ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
newsbreak
 Researchers to Study End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
Geriatric Nursing Online
March/April 1999 • Volume 20 • Number 2
Dysphagia Among Nursing Home Residents
Jeanie Kayser-Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN
Kathryn Pengilly, MA
ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSE AND SWEETHEART SCAM
Excellent resource for support of issues
concerning financial abuse
and the "Sweetheart" Scam
and includes a message board.
Visit this site and tell your story!
Candi is a one of the initial supporters of
the "Graying With Grace, a Ribbon Runs Through It"
Gray Ribbon Campaign
Against Elderly Abuse.
Also see the following articles:
WESTERN WHEEL
RCMP Warn Residents Of Travelling Scam Artists
ABUSED ELDERS
E-MAIL
MICHELLE
AT
abusedelders@msn.com
Madd is also an initial supporter of the
Graying With Grace, A Ribbon Runs Through It"
and is the creator of the
gray ribbon pin she has sent to many.
Her website is an excellent source of information!
Contact her if you would
like to help her in this effort!
THE ELDERLY PLACE
http://www.geocities.com/~elderly-place/
VISIT THE DISCUSSION BOARD
SHARE YOUR NURSING HOME ABUSE AND NEGLECT STORY!
plus
This site is Alzheimer specific
with an emphasis on caregiving
"the purpose is to enlighten you on dementing diseases
and to help you by
adding informational links to similiar topics.
This site also includes a Caregiver Support Forum,
a Nursing Home Abuse Support Board
and a Caring From the Heart E-Mail List
An excellent site with a
comprehensive resource list
and a variety of beneficial information for caregivers
and those interested in elderly issues
Marci is an initial supporter of the
"Graying With Grace, A Ribbon Runs Through It"
Campaign Against Elderly Abuse.
APE,
ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION OF THE ELDERLY
CONTACTJudy and Ila
APE
maintains a site
that keeps
advocates and family members
abreast of the current issues
on elderly abuse in nursing homes.
http://www.apeape.org/
CONTACT "SAVING GRACE"
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST
AT
 grace@vcn.com
We will be
developing chats
and
discussion boards
to support this campaign.
The following
is a poem
my daughter wrote for
her grandmother last spring.
It is a story
of our pain
and
why we support the
"GRAYING WITH GRACE, A RIBBON RUNS THROUGH IT"
CAMPAIGN
This is why we have helped
organize "Saving Grace"
and
ultimately joined with others in the
"GRAYING WITH GRACE, A RIBBON RUNS THROUGH IT"
Campaign.
Thank you.
Linda
"SAVING GRACE"
By
Jordan Welling
age 12 years
Saving Grace
Everyday
Finding Hope
And finding a Way.
We will fight
'til we can fight no more.
She deserves to be treated WELL!
She deserves
MORE!
We must all have courage
And NO DOUBT
We must stand up
And find the way out.
There is no competition or no race.
Because
One Day, for Sure
We will have Saved Grace
Dedicated
to my
Grandma Grace
A
Resident of
Dorsett Home
Spearfish, South Dakota
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
GPO ACCESS
KNOW REGULATIONS AND LAWS PERTAINING TO
NURSING HOME, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, GUARDIANSHIP
AND OTHER ELDERLY ISSUES
GPO ACCESS
Keeping Americans Informed Electronically
INCIDENCE REPORTING
A HELPFUL FORM TO US
WHEN REPORTING INCIDENTS OF ABUSE
AND NEGLECT IN NURSING HOMES
USED BY NURSING HOMES
INCIDENCE REPORTING
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SIGHTING SOLUTIONS
Quality of Life in Nursing Homes from a
Consumer Research Perspective
Assuring Quality of Life in Nursing Homes:
Regulatory Strategies
Ethics Bibliography
Revised 15 September 1999
AGING AND ETHICAL ISSUES
http://www.uvm.edu/~scutler/ethics.html#hctt
PATHOS NET
PATHOS MAGAZINE
PathosNet
Community and Webzine
An independent, membership supported, community
of health consumers exploring the journey to
health and healing.
(pá-thos: The quality or power
in real life situations of evoking feelings of compassion.)
"This Web.net is in the progress of providing a
community for the American health care consumer
to explore the journey to health and healing!
Our community will include the popular Pathos Webzine,
providing articles that will educate, inspire,
and motivate readers to accept nothing
less than the best health care available.
Members will have access to bulletin boards
and chat rooms that will help them connect
to others with similar health concerns."
EXCELLENT
CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
PSYCHIATRY-VICTIMIZING THE ELDERLY
ADVOCACY ALERT
READ THIS
Reform of Nursing Home Care in the Commonwealth of Virginia
A Call to Arms
for NH Improved Care and Greater Accountability
by Larry W. Bryant
Patient's Petition for Managed Care Reform
QUALITY
American Society on Aging
833 Market St., Suite 511
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.asaging.org
info@asa.asaging.org
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE
IN NURSING HOMES
HEALING AMONG NATIONS
"The Foundation for A Healing Among Nations
is a spiritually based peace fellowship working
collaboratively with citizens of the world
to develop creative solutions to
shape and enhance a higher quality of life
at the local, national and international level."
For more information contact:
The Foundation for A Healing Among Nations
PO Box 2040. Brentwood, TN 37027-2040
615-377-7741 Voice 615-376-0533 Fax
YAHOO NEWS
Black Medicare patients receive inferior hospital care
The CongressVote.com Staff
Don't forget to listen to VoxCast
VoxCap.com's daily interview show
http://www.voxcap.com/content/voxcasts
Posted everyday at 3 p.m. EST, VoxCast features a
hard-hitting interview with influential policy makers
http://www.voxcap.com
SENIOR SURVEY.COM
CauseNET:
The Common Cause Email Alert Network
*Up-to-the-minute legislative alerts on campaign
finance reform and other CC issues;
*Requests for you to "Take Action,"
by contacting
your elected officials via mail, phone, email or fax;
*The latest CC campaign finance studies;
reports from the
Corporate Welfare project; and
new features on the Common Cause web site;
*News from Common Cause efforts at the state
level."
Here are three things you can do now as an
online activist:
Read the online guide
to effective citizen action at
http://www.commoncause.org/get_involved/action_kit.htm .
To contact Common Cause:
Common Cause
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-1200
grassroots@commoncause.org
GUIDESTAR
THE DONOR'S GUIDE TO THE CHARITABLE UNIVERSE
SEARCH GUIDESTAR FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
(For example-SOUTH DAKOTA GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM)
THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
NURSING ADVOCACY INFORMATION
Nightingale Network for Nurses
LONG TERM HEALTH CARE CONCERNS
This site was created to
inform those concerned about
long-term healthcare policy
at the state and national level.
Included you will find
information regarding
one state bill that has been passed,
but not enacted,
and one federal bill that needs your support to pass.
Also, there are links to related sites
on the Web that might be of interest.
World Health Organization Collaborating Center
for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care
"The purpose of this website
is to facilitate
public access to information about pain relief
and public policy,
including material published by the PPSG,
its WHO Collaborating Center, and other authoritative sources.
For example,
you can access information
about assisted suicide
(includes links to the 1997 Supreme Court decisions),
state chronic pain treatment laws,
state medical board policy,
Model Guidelines for Use of Controlled Substances
for the Treatment of Pain, and international policy,
with consumption trends of opioids, including morphine."
NURSING HOME REGULATION PROS AND CONS
You must sign in as a member,
Then go to Search, Type in Nursing Home Regulations
or go to the Pro and Con Web page
and search for Nursing Home Regulations.
Be sure and comment.
THIS SITE IS IN THE PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED.
Please be patient.
We are working on it!
p
NURSING HOME COMPLIANCE
LONG TERM CARE.COM
Analyzing your Part B program for
compliance, double billing,
inappropriate private-pay charging!
'In the area of Nursing Home compliance...
Part B billing and it's relationship
to Part-A, private and Medicaid billing
is by far - the most concerning!'
COMPLIANCE
HCFA UPDATES
MEDICARE NEWSWIRE
,MEDICARE FOR ALL
National Campaign to Protect, Improve
and Expand Medicare
WHISTLEBLOWER TOPICS AND INFORMATION
Suppression of Dissent, Misconduct and Whistleblowing
Suppression of dissent
Definitions
http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~sociclass/bmartin/dissent/intro/definitions.html
THE WHISTLEBLOWER'S
Home Page
The National Whistleblower Center
Scientific Knowledge, Controversy, and Public Decision-Making
Brian Martin and Evelleen Richards
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522, Australia
INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
Vulnerable in a Safe Place:
Institutional Elder Abuse
D. Wierucka & D. Goodridge
Abstract
One Quarter Of Elderly With Cancer
Given No Pain Medication
"Daily pain among elderly nursing home residents
with cancer is widespread and often untreated,
especially among older and minority patients,
according to a new five-state study."
WIN AT ALL COSTS
Written by Bill Moushey
post-gazett.com
"Hundreds of times during the past 10 years,
federal agents and prosecutors have
pursued justice by breaking the law.
They lied, hid evidence, distorted facts,
engaged in cover-ups, paid for perjury
and set up innocent people
in a relentless effort to win indictments,
guilty pleas and convictions,
a two-year Post-Gazette investigation found."
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The following sites provide
a variety of information and education
for advocates of the elderly and their families.
The sites are provided
as an overview
and more information can be found
on related "Saving Grace" pages
such as the Nursing Home Page.
This site is under construction.
We welcome
any additional information that you
feel would help advocates
in their ability to advocate for the elderly.
Thank You.
e-mail
grace@vcn.com
"Saving Grace"
Bill would require more training for adult-caregivers
Committee chairwoman
confident training measure will pass
Easy Money
"Professional Conservator Rodney Paul Swanson
allegedly stole nearly $2M from frail old people
he was supposed to take care of.
And he may get away with it,
thanks to the D.A.'s office"
Denise Hamilton
SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL
 "Dublin, New Hampshire's Doris Haddock, 89,
known to her great grandchildren as "Granny D,"
is walking across America from
California to Washington, D. C.
She left Los Angeles on Jan. 1, 1999,
and walks ten miles a day.
Her goal
is to convince Congress
that people do care about campaign finance reform"
MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND INVESTIGATIONS
http://www.msnbc.com/onair/nbc/dateline/Maps/coroner.
EMPOWERING CAREGIVERS
Excellent
Chats, Resources, Message Boards, Newsletter
Don't forget to try the journal exercises!
Gail provides about everything one needs to know
about caregiving and care-receiving.
STAY INFORMED
THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING
http://www.senate.gov/~aging/evnts105.htm
1998 Committee Reports
SIGN OR START AN INTERNET PETITION
NURSING HOME INDUSTRY
"BIG BUSINESS"
(This Page is from the site of the Senior Support Network)
Information on provocative
and up-to-date information on
nursing homes and the nursing industry in the news.
ADVOCACY TIP:
RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF THE NURSING HOME
BEFORE ENTERING THAT HOME.
KEEP UPDATED ON THAT NURSING HOME
AND THE INDUSTRY AS WHAT HAPPENS NATIONALLY
CAN VERY WELL EFFECT THE CARE
AND MANY DAILY ASPECTS IN THE HOME YOU HAVE CHOSEN.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/SeniorSupportNetwork/billofrights.html
NURSING HOME WATCH.COM
THE TRUTH ABOUT NURSING HOMES
SENIOR CARE RESOURCES
Nursing Home
Reporter
Medical Care Law
by Edward P. Richards, J.D., M.P.H.,
and Katharine C. Rathbun, M.D., M.P.H.,
Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1999.
OVER USE OF SEDATIVES IN LTC SETTING
Nursing Homes Should Re-Think Sedative Use
RESTRAINTS
Policy & Procedure--Restraint-Free
Environment In the Nursing Home
Courtesy of Schofield Residence,
Kenmore, NY (Posted 6/16/96)
Robert S. Stall, M.D., Medical Director
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drstall/restrain.html
MR LONG-TERM CARE
"Martin Bayne, co-founder of
The National Long-Term Care Policy Institute,
a not-for-profit advocacy group,
is creator and publisher of
the Mr. Long-Term Care(tm) web site,
the most popular and
well-respected long term care information source
on the Internet"
FROM NCCNHR
HALF THE PLANET.COM
"Join our team of dedicated individuals
who care deeply about issues affecting
the disability community.
HalfThePlanet.com will provide an
ongoing, national forum for the
exchange of information,
ideas and support for our community."
SERVICE EMPLOYEE UNION ALLIANCE
The Dignity, Rights and Respect Campaign
is SEIU's nationwide effort
to improve conditions for nursing home workers
and the residents under their care.
REPORT
DAILY FREE PRESS AGENT
A SPECIAL REPORT
WHO CARES?
Inside Michigan's Nursing homes
"a five-part series examining Michigan nursing homes,
a more than $1 billion-a-year business,
most of it your tax dollars through Medicaid and Medicare."
DOCTORS
World Medical Association
Declaration on the Abuse of the Elderly
Adopted by the 41st World Medical Assembly
Hong Kong, September 1989
PUBLIC CITIZEN
16,638 QUESTIONABLE DOCTORS
CHECK YOUR STATE AND THE AMOUNT
THAT THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTES
TO THE CAMPAIGNS OF OUR POLITICIANS.
ALSO CHECK SPECIFIC LOBBYISTS.
CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS
WHERE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM
MedEthEx
Exercises in
Medical Ethics and Communication Skills
University of Minnesota
Web-Based Instruction on Informed Consent.
This site provides information
on the informed consent process
and also a tool to help you create a consent document
OJR'S GUIDE TO JOURNALISTIC RESOURCES
ALSO SEE IN THE NEWS
See Page from
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NURSING HOMES
Links to News on Elderly Issues
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT.COM
Practice Guideline
for the Treatment of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
and Other Dementias of Late Life
(Please check back for link to be updated)
Sociology of Aging
- Age Inequality, Ageism, Gerontology -
NASW Clinical Indicators for Social Work
an Psychosocial Services in Nursing Homes
Approved by the NASW Board of Directors, April 1993
FRAUD AND ABUSE
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Seniors are frequent targets of health fraud.
How vulnerable are you?
BULLETIN BOARD
FRAUD, SCAMS, ABUSE AGAINST SENIOR CITIZENS
ELDERLY FRAUD
JEFFERSON AREA BOARD OF AGING
Family and Caregivers Resource Library
HOW SCAM ARTISTS TARGET THE ELDERLY
PHONE SCAMS
ATT WARNS OLDER AMERICANS
ABOUT TELEPHONE AND CARD SCAMS
AVOIDING TRUST SCAMS
NURSING HOME ABUSE LAWS
ADVOCACY TIP
IF YOU SUSPECT ABUSE OR NEGLECT
IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO
CARRY A CAMERA WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.
A CAMERA THAT HAD THE DATE AND TIME
WOULD BE THE MOST HELPFUL.
ALSO ALWAYS KEEP THE NEGATIVE IN A SAFE PLACE.
WORLD'S SMALLEST CAMERA
NURSING HOMES MAY BE LIABLE FOR FALLS
Investigating Death
What System Does Each State Use?
ADVOCACY TIP
Problems with careplans occur all the time.
Know what a care plan is and attend all care conferences.
Do not be intimidated
to speak up and ask that something be included.
When you sign the plan at the care conference
initial the plan at the end of the last paragraph.
This will give some protection in information
added that you did not know about.
CAREPLANS
CAREPLANS.COM
MISCELLANEOUS
The following site is an excellent example of
what communities can provide their elderly and
aging populations for information.
Lakewood Public Library
ELDER EXPLORERS
The Technology Center provides
this Page for SENIOR SURFING on the World Wide Web.
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