Category: Elder Abuse
Scammers often target the elderly at tax time. As a greater percentage of Americans enter retirement financial abuse of the elderly is on the increase but it can be reduced with some careful oversight. In the weeks surrounding tax day, scammers make calls pretending to be IRS agents looking for money that is owned and […]
U.S. and Japan both face problems in dealing with elderly guardianship systems. Japan is similar to the U.S. in the fact it is dealing with an aging population and facing a growing number of dementia cases. The impact of the implementation by Japan of a guardianship system in 2000 is discussed in the Japan Times […]
Senate has passed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2015. The Older Americans Act, which was originally passed in 1965, includes many programs to help the elderly including healthcare, elder abuse prevention and coordination of care between various levels of government. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2015 was introduced in the Senate […]
Appeals court in Iowa rules state does not have to protect nursing home residents from predator. The State of Iowa asked a court for permission to release William Cubbage, a dangerous sexual predator in Iowa’s treatment program, and place him in a nursing home. The court found Cubbage was still dangerous but agreed to placement […]
Counties that have a large population of wealthy elderly people also have problems with brokers. Broker misconduct is costing elder Americans $17 billion annually, according to estimates from the White House. An article in Forbes entitled “What Your Aging Parent’s Broker Isn’t Telling You” details a recently released study conducted over a 10-year period by […]
Senior Lives Matter aims to raise the issue of abuse of the elderly to the Presidential campaign trail. The cost of long term care, elder abuse and problems in guardianship systems have not created much discussion on the Presidential campaign trail despite the fact that seniors are left vulnerable to abuse. There is a chance […]
Scammers often target elderly people who are sometimes vulnerable. One elderly man learned the lesson the hard way. Scamming predators know that many elderly people are lonely and too trusting for their own good so they often become targets. An Australian man, who has been identified only as “Robert,” was a recent victim. Robert met […]
A New York man who sought out elderly people as victims enters a guilty plea to hate crimes for his insurance scams. Insurance scammers often seek out unsophisticated elderly people as victims across the country to financially scam them and take their money. In a recent case out of New York, a 70-year-old man preyed […]
The financial abuse of the elderly is an unpleasant and unfair situation and the investment industry may be in the best position to recognize it. Proposed regulations and laws are being considered to strengthen the industry’s ability to report it. An investment company is in the unique position of often knowing a client’s investing position, […]
A Texas case ends up in criminal charges when a will to probate is rejected by the court. Eight days before wealthy Dallas business woman Mary Ellen Bendtsen passed away in 2005, a will was executed that left her entire estate to two antique dealers. One of the dealers submitted the will to probate the […]
