ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Redirected Social Security Benefits Unauthorized Online Access Protecting Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Credit Card Use Victim’s Family Spots Suspicious Charges Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges are a common form of financial elder abuse.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Over All Financial Matters Risk Of Theft Remedies For Injured Seniors Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  There are powers of attorney […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Avoid Sales Pitches On Deferred Annuities The Bogus “Age 75 Rule” Other Disadvantages Of Deferred Annuities There are a lot of bogus sales pitches and catch phrases about the benefits of deferred annuities as retirement savings and how to “time” investment in a deferred annuity.  The so -called […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Use Of Credit Card Security Camera Recordings Capture Use Of Victim’s Card Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to checks, cash, credit cards, ATM cards and PINs or any confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $82,000 In Jewelry Allegedly Stolen In First Month On Job Video Footage From Pawn Shop Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud Whenever a stranger enters a senior’s home, there is a chance that valuables may go missing.  If the stranger is there for a substantial amount of time, as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 78-Year-Old Dies After Being Pushed Resident Of Memory Care Facility Incident Caught On Surveillance Camera Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very individuals paid to care for them.  Stories of intentional abuse of seniors in these […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Example of Caregiver Fraud On The Elderly Theft Of Retirement Benefits How To Prevent Financial Elder Abuse Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a risk that they will use that information to take as much money from the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Victim Evicted For Unpaid Rent Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud While most financial elder abuse starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her theft.  Left undetected, financial elder abuse can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Should Consider Civil Suits Importance of Civil Cases Remedies For Injured Seniors Victims of financial elder abuse should not look solely to local law enforcement for redress from their financial abusers.  While reporting any form of elder abuse to the authorities is important, victims and their families […]