It’s bad enough when strangers who are con artists lie, cheat and commit fraudulent acts against vulnerable and too-trusting elderly individuals. Sometimes those con artists are not strangers to your elders. Sometimes the con men and women are your blood-line relatives. When that happens, it must hurt like no one business. I can only imagine.
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My Curbside View of Elders’ Housing Needs
by Isabel Fawcett, SPHROctober 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Long ago, I whimsically dubbed it “neighborhooding.” At the end of my long workdays more than 20 years ago, I took the long way home. I drove through neighborhoods I might not have seen otherwise, enjoying the character of each neighborhood before I called it a day.
Elders May Not Report Fraud and Scams to Caregivers
by Isabel Fawcett, SPHRSeptember 27th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
According to the FBI, elderly individuals are less likely to report fraud or scams for various reasons. Caregivers need to be vigilant of fraud schemes and criminal activities – locally and across the U.S. – especially scams which target elderly individuals.
