Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $35,000 Missing From Senior’s Account Caregiver Allegedly Defrauded Senior For Seven Months Falsified Time Records And Checks Alleged Most financial elder abuse by a dishonest caregiver or other person with access to a senior’s finances starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Heightened Risk For Isolated Seniors Spotting Signs Of Financial Elder Abuse Remedies For Injured Seniors Financial elder abuse is an especially disastrous form of abuse of seniors, and millions of seniors are victims of financial elder abuse every year in this country.  Senior victims of financial elder abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Workers In Unlicensed Facility Found Guilty Of Neglect Victims Reportedly Malnourished And Living In Filth Facility Lacked License, Staff, And Equipment Neglect of hospice patients is sadly an increasingly reported form of elder abuse and neglect.  Patients in hospice care are certified as suffering from terminal illness […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $900,000 Transferred Out Of Senior’s Bank Account 87-Year-Old With Dementia Left Alone For Hours Found Wandering In Road If you are an older person living alone, never let a stranger enter your home.  If you need in-home help, run a background check on any proposed hire and thoroughly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Forged Checks And Other Crimes Alleged Bank Reported Unusual Activity To Victim’s Family Protecting Older Loved Ones All seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse.  Those seniors who are alone and under the care of an in-home caregiver are particularly at risk if the caregiver is a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Access To Financial Accounts Unauthorized Withdrawals Protecting Seniors From Fraud Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to debit or credit cards and confidential financial information of an elderly person like PINs and Social Security numbers, there is a risk that they will use that information to take as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 94-Year-Old Victim Fraudulent Checks And Unauthorized Purchases Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure is likely much, much higher as most financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Power Of Attorney Abuse Is Always A Risk Warning Signs of POA Abuse Remedies For POA Abuse A power of attorney authorizes one or more persons (“agent(s)” or “attorney(s)-in-fact”)) to act on behalf of another (the “principal”) in financial or medical matters. Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Altered Checks And Forgeries Fraudulent Checks Allegedly Overdrew Account How To Protect Your Loved Ones If you or an older loved one has an in-home caregiver, be careful not to involve them in your or your loved one’s financial affairs.  Regardless of how trustworthy the caregiver is, just […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Growing Epidemic Of Financial Elder Abuse Case Example: Unauthorized Use Of Senior’s Checkbook Protecting Older Loved Ones As many as one in 10 vulnerable adults are potential targets of financial elder abuse, according to federal officials, and their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons in […]