Here are some best practices that can help mitigate such abuses as well as five steps to take to prevent them: Recognizing signs of financial elder abuse. Reporting suspected financial elder abuse.

Rural elder abuse and neglect are relatively high in rural areas, and screening and prevention are needed to protect against elder abuse, according to the National Institutes of Health. In a 2022 ...

statewide elder-abuse prevention coordinator for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. The woman who drives you is like a daughter. Once, when you weren't well, you gave her your ATM card to do ...

When money is involved, people can just lose their minds. They do stupid, irrational things you thought they would never do.” ...

If you suspect that your loved one may be a victim of abuse, contact Adult Protective Services, law enforcement, and an elder ...

CASES OF ELDER ABUSE HAVE SPIKED WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS ... WHILE THEY’RE TRYING TO STOP THE PROBLEM NOW, PASSING LEGISLATION WILL HELP PREVENT IT. WELL, SHELLEY. DOUG.

Dallas Twp. co-sponsored a bill that will help educate nurses in identifying the signs of elder abuse for the individuals in ...

A divorce could be the least of his worries, even at his age.” For information about how to prevent elder financial abuse, see the article Seven Ways to Protect Older Adults from Financial Abuse.

SAN ANTONIO — A new policy in San Antonio aims to better equip city employees to identify signs of elder abuse. The ...