Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Assisted Living Worker Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Patient's Engagement Ring Assisted Living Worker Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Patient's Engagement Ring
Assisted Living Worker Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Patient's Engagement Ring A 36-year-old woman who worked at an assisted living center was charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a resident's engagement ring. Layota Dacosta, of Bridgeport, was arrested on an active warrant on Wednesday, Oct. 28, after the victim's daughter contacted the Darien Police Department, where the facility is located, said Sgt. James Palmieri. The daughter contacted the police after her mother told her the ring was missing. The daughter searched her mother’s room and had not located the ring.  Due to her mother’s medical condition, the daughter had installed a securit…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Man Assaults Elderly Family Member With Broomstick, Police Say Man Assaults Elderly Family Member With Broomstick, Police Say
Man Assaults Elderly Family Member With Broomstick, Police Say A 59-year-old man who was caring for an elderly family member short-term was arrested for allegedly assaulting the victim by pushing them down and hitting them with a broomstick. The incident took place in Fairfield County on Wednesday, May 13, when Monroe Police received a complaint of an 80-year-old victim being assaulted, said Lt. Stephen Corrone. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the victim who said they had been assaulted by, family member Leonard Glendinning, of West Haven, said Corrone. Glendinning had been acting as the victim’s caretaker while another family …

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by Kathy Reakes
DV Plus - Fairfield, CT
Schools
Seniors In 'Last Years', Parents Of Sick Children On COVID-19 Calls From School Nurses Here Seniors In 'Last Years', Parents Of Sick Children On COVID-19 Calls From School Nurses Here
Seniors In 'Last Years', Parents Of Sick Children On Covid-19 Calls From School Nurses Here One man said he was lonely having no visits from family and being alone in his final years, while a parent of a chronically ill child needed guidance this week. They were people New Canaan school nurses talked to this week when they started making coronavirus calls to local residents. The New Canaan Public Schools nursing staff is working with the Town of New Canaan's Health Department to fight the pandemic.  Typically they'd be attending to children, tweens and teens in the nurse's office coming in with colds, stomachaches, and headaches, but this week the calls were to adults, many …

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by Donna Christopher
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Hampton Township House Fire Firefighters Battle Hampton Township House Fire
Firefighters Battle Hampton Township House Fire An elderly woman suffered burns to her hand in a fire that ravaged a Hampton Township house Tuesday, authorities said. Emergency vehicles lined Westbrook Lane to fight the second-alarm blaze, which broke out around 4:30 p.m., the Sussex County Fire Wire reported on Facebook. A firefighter got his foot stuck climbing up the stairs of the deck the house while fighting the blaze but swiftly pulled it out and got right back to work, fellow firefighters said.  He may have suffered a pulled muscle, responders said. Photos provided by Matthew Gizzi of Gizzi Productions. Photos can be email…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfield, CT
News
Home Health Aide Accused Of Stealing $22K From Client In Fairfield County Home Health Aide Accused Of Stealing $22K From Client In Fairfield County
Home Health Aide Accused Of Stealing $22K From Client In Fairfield County A home healthcare worker in Fairfield County is facing charges after allegedly stealing more than $20,000 from an elderly patient suffering from dementia that she was caring for in Shelton. On Wednesday, April 17, officers from the Shelton Police Department arrested Jennifer Poitevien, 30, following a complaint from a man who stated his 83-year-old mother had been bilked out of “a large sum of money” that was missing from her bank account. Police said that detectives investigated the matter and found that the elderly victim had Poitevien from LIFETIME Care at Home in Guilford working as a h…

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by Zak Failla
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Lifestyle
Help Keep Senior Citizens Stable With Fall Prevention Tips Help Keep Senior Citizens Stable With Fall Prevention Tips
Help Keep Senior Citizens Stable With Fall Prevention Tips While slips and falls are rare occurrences and don't often result in serious injuries for most of the population, for the elderly, losing one's footing and falling to the ground can have very dangerous side effects and severely impact overall health. The bad news: one in three falls among adults 65 and over leads to a traumatic injury, such as a hip fracture. The good news: you have more control over falls than you might think. “Falls are preventable and predictable,” said Angela Katz, trauma injury prevention and outreach coordinator at the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHeal…

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