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California State Psychology Board Launches Psychiatric Probe of Activist Psychologist

Answers for those concerned about the increasing use of psychiatry as a tool of control by the State.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The California State Psychology Board has launched an action against a Northern California psychologist and advocate for the disabled, and has ordered the practitioner into a psychiatric evaluation or face revocation of his license.

In an unprecedented deviation from the Board's mandate to investigate consumer complaints,

Report from the Front Lines in Riverside, California

“Toni Eggebraaten has embezzled thirty thousand dollars and I am therefore executing a citizen’s arrest. Bailiff, take Ms. Eggebraaten into custody”.

(RIVERSIDE, Ca.) - Today in Riverside Superior Court, Department 8, I attempted to execute a citizen’s arrest of an attorney.

Toni Eggebraaten, the attorney for the Family Trust for which I am a beneficiary, filed an accounting in which she attempted to obscure her embezzling thirty thousand dollars.

Priority Health Care, Early Learning Bills Approved in Senate

Health Insurance Exchange & Early Learning Council head to Governor’s desk .

(SALEM) - The Oregon Senate took action today on two major policy initiatives of the 2012 Session.

House Bill 4165 implements the Early Learning Council, which will help coordinate resources and programs that serve Oregon’s youngest learners, ages 0-6. House Bill 4164 approves the business plan of the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange, an important step toward increasing access to quality, affordable health insurance for small businesses and individuals.

Guardian Crimes get `Cover` from Government Agencies

Someone goes to court and says you can't handle your affairs. There is no attempt made to prove this allegation and as a result, you lose all access to your money and cannot hire an attorney to get it back.

(PROGRESO, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico) - Government agencies pledged to provide oversight for those handling the affairs of the most vulnerable.

The degree of 'cover' provided those pledged to care for the elderly and infirm could be seen as providing absolute immunity for acts of criminal misconduct.

Bills Protecting Vulnerable Seniors from Abuse Approved by Senate

HB 4084 introduced by the Elder Abuse Work Group created in 2011.

(SALEM) - The Oregon Senate backed a bill this morning that will make major changes to Oregon law with respect to elder abuse, creating critical new protections for Oregon’s most vulnerable seniors.

House Bill 4084 integrates several recommendations from a work group on elder abuse created in 2011...

Announcing the Guardianship Convention Against Torture Project

Determine if your guardianship situation qualifies under the terms of the Convention.

(PROGRESO, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico) - While in Geneva, Switzerland recently I met with a number of disability rights oriented groups.

It was suggested to me at that time that the guardianship victims bundle together our complaints and submit under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The U.S. has both signed and ratified this international treaty and thus is bound to its conditions.

Senate Committee Approves Foreclosure Help, Protection for Unemployed

Series of bills to help struggling Oregonians clear Legislative hurdle

(SALEM) - A Senate committee took action this morning on several priority bills that will help Oregonians who continue to struggle in these tough times.

Judicial Reform Activist Stalked by Judge

Janet Phelan recently returned from presenting at the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva.

(YUCATAN PENINSULA, Mexico) - A legal reform activist and journalist, who exposed a money laundering operation wherein home loans were being used to funnel pay offs to California judges, is now being stalked by…..you got it…a judge.

After nearly a decade of reporting on corruption in the legal system, journalist Janet Phelan moved to Mexico, where she has continued to write on issues pertaining to courts and justice.

Florida: The Silver Tour To Bring Awareness About Medical Cannabis

"We have a lot of seniors in our community and people with terminal illnesses that truly believe they derive relief from medical marijuana," - State Rep. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth

(BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) - Many proponents of the global cannabis movement believe legendary pitchman and author of The Black Tuna Diaries, Robert Platshorn, holds the key to cannabis legalization in the United States.

Platshorn has shown he can sway senior audiences to support medical cannabis.

Long-Term & Nursing Home Costs in U.S. Continue to Rise, According to New Survey

Nursing home, assisted living and adult day services all increased 4.4% or more.

(WESTPORT, Ct.) - Costs continue to rise for those requiring long-term care in the U.S. According to the newly released 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Home Care Costs, conducted by the MetLife Mature Market Institute, national average rates for a private nursing home room increased 4.4% to $239 daily or $87,235 annually, in 2011.

Assisted living base rates rose by 5.6% to $3,477 monthly or $41,724 annually.