Understanding Elder Financial Exploitation

Understanding Elder Financial Exploitation

Elderabuse.org and its partners are working tirelessly to better understand the reach of financial exploitation and why it happens – and their findings are garnering national attention. Research conducted by Elderabuse.org and our partners suggests that millions of older adults experience financial exploitation every year. But only a fraction of the incidents ever comes to […]

Page Ulrey, JD, Joins the Elderabuse.org Board

Page Ulrey, JD, Joins the Elderabuse.org Board

Elderabuse.org is honored to announce that Page Ulrey, JD, has joined its board. Page is the Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Elder Abuse Project, Economic Crimes Unit King County (Seattle), in the Washington State Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Perhaps...

Regulators Step Up to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse

Regulators Step Up to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse

Regulators are stepping up efforts to protect seniors, but you still need to build your own safety net. Consumer Reports, February 2018: https://www.consumerreports.org/elder-fraud/new-ways-to-prevent-elder-financial-abuse/ By one estimate, older Americans lose up to $30 billion a year to elder financial abuse—the misappropriation of their money by con artists or thieves who are total strangers to them or even […]

Dr. David Burns Joins the Elderabuse.org Board

Dr. David Burns Joins the Elderabuse.org Board

Elderabuse.org is honored to announce that Dr. David Burnes has joined its board.  An eminent clinician scientist in the field of elder abuse, David has done groundbreaking work in both the measurement of elder abuse severity, and how to scientifically...

Ageism – Stereotypes and Solutions

Ageism – Stereotypes and Solutions

Elderabuse.org Board member Dr. David Burnes is featured in the New York Times article Ageism: A ‘Prevalent and Insidious’ Health Threat’  This article details the prevalence of ageism in the U.S. and worldwide.  Dr. David Burnes shares a few...

Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted

Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted

Excerpt from article in The New York Times Read full article here: Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted By Paula Span March 2, 2018 The man was living alone with his two dogs, in a remote area outside San Antonio, when someone called the Texas state hotline to report that a supposed friend was financially exploiting him. So […]

Elder Abuse in the News

Elder Abuse in the News

February 2018 Minn. state officials make progress on elder abuse complaints Duluth News Tribune The progress is unlikely to appease lawmakers who are looking to overhaul the way Minnesota investigates allegations of abuse of seniors and vulnerable adults when the Legislature convenes Tuesday. “This session, my focus will be on creating a more transparent, more accountable process for … Minnesota making progress […]

Regulators Step Up to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse

New Ways to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse

Regulators are stepping up efforts to protect seniors, but you still need to build your own safety net.   Consumer Reports, February 2018: https://www.consumerreports.org/elder-fraud/new-ways-to-prevent-elder-financial-abuse/ By one estimate, older Americans lose up to $30 billion a year to elder financial abuse—the misappropriation of their money by con artists or thieves who are total strangers to them or […]

1 in 5 Nursing Home Residents Are Abused by Their Peers, Study Suggests

1 in 5 Nursing Home Residents Are Abused by Their Peers, Study Suggests

(Source: Weill Cornell Medicine Newsroom 6/15/16) Many elderly adults in nursing homes face abusive behavior from their fellow residents, a new study suggests. About one in five nursing home residents experience verbal or physical abuse from their roommates or other residents, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine by Elder Abuse Solutions Board Member Dr. Mark […]

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