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Tag Archives: crimes against the elderly
Recognize the Signs of Elder Abuse – Guest Post by Dave Singleton
It’s as growing and widespread a problem as it is under-reported and complicated. I’m speaking about elder abuse, which is an epidemic in our country. Why is it under-reported? Many cases involve family or elders in a close relationship with … Continue reading
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Tagged abusive relationships, aging, caregiving, caregiving and stress, crimes against the elderly, elder abuse, elder care, eldercare, financial abuse, physical abuse, signs of elder abuse, warning signs
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Preventing and Reacting to Elder Abuse
Just over a week ago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on another senior citizen that was almost a victim of a financial exploitation scam. Convinced the person on the other end of the phone was her grandchild, a KaneCounty grandmother was … Continue reading
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Tagged abusive relationships, caregiving, caregiving and stress, crimes against the elderly, eldercare, eldercare attorney, eldercare attorneys, estate planning, financial scams against the elderly, importance of an eldercare attorney, lawyers for the elderly, retirment, scams, scams against the elderly, the sandwich generation
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Stealing from the elderly – that’s just wrong!
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working with local authorities and a few financial institutions on Financial Exploitation of the Elder and lo and behold, here we are again this morning reading the headline of the local paper entitled … Continue reading
Posted in abusive relationships, aging, caregiving, crimes against the elderly, eldercare, scams against the elderly
Tagged abusive relationships, aging, caregiver steals from old person, caregiving, crimes against the elderly, dude - that's just wrong, eldercare, elderly, Illinois Department on Aging, scams against the elderly, stealing from the elderly, stealing from your parents, susan avello
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TBN Beneficiaries and other scams targeting seniors
I was enjoying my U-Verse the other day and trying to decide which of the 400 channels to watch (I didn’t order that many but became the recipient during a mishap and am proudly observing) and I came across an … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, aging info usa, caregiving, crimes against the elderly, financial abuse, financial abuse against the elderly, scams against the aging, scams against the elderly, scams targeting parents, scams targeting seniors, susan avello, TBN, TBN Scam, Trinity Broadcast Network, wolf in sheeps clothing
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Help! My sister has kidnapped my elderly parent
In my line of work helping caregivers who are caring for an elderly loved one, I hear all kinds of tragic stories against the elderly that mirror this one in Birmingham, AL. From those whose parents who have dementia and have … Continue reading
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Tagged abusive relationships, aging info usa, caregiver to my parents, caregiving, crimes against the elderly, elder law attorney, elderly parent has been kidnapped, legal guardian of my parents, my parent has been kidnapped, my sister has kidnapped my parent, sibling rivalry, susan avello, the working caregivier
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What goes around comes around
I’m appalled by this story. As if our parents and grandparents don’t have it tough enough as it is. I’m of the mindset, this should be the penalty to anyone that pulls something like this. Corpus Christi, TX - Investigators say a … Continue reading
