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Preventing financial abuse and exploitation of elderly parents
Strategies that caregivers can use to prevent financial abuse and exploitation of their elderly parents.

Elders Abusing Their Adult Children Who Are Taking Care of Them
Why do elderly parents turn on the child that is trying so hard to take care of them?

Crime, Abuse and the Elderly
Elderly people are often targets for robbery, purse snatching, pick-pocketing, car theft, or home repair scams and other forms of abuse. Here is some advice for your senior parents to help them avoid becoming victims.

Long-Distance Caregiving: Checking For Signs of Abuse
From a distance, it can be hard to asses the quality of your elderly parent's caregivers. However, there are signs of abuse you should be aware of.

Preventing the 5 Kinds of Elder Abuse
There are five basic types of elder abuse: physical, sexual, psychological, financial and neglect.

 

Expert Answers

My elderly stepfather and mother both have dementia. They have become verbally abusive and paranoid. When Mom gets agitated, she bangs walls, clenches fists and screams. How should I deal with this behavior?
Carolyn Rosenblatt answered: When both elderly parents have demenita it's a very difficult situation. Seek your doctor's advice to find out about new medication that might control their agitation and verbally abusive behavior.
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Books

Financial Abuse of the Elderly: A Detective's Case Files Of Exploitation Crimes
by Joe Roubicek

The author is a Florida detective recognized as an expert investigator of exploitation crimes who presents 11 shocking and factual investigations. He dispels the myths of this misunderstood crime while providing specific and practical prevention advice: How to recognize exploitation, expose exploiters and help them to incriminate themselves. Easy legal steps to take to prevent someone from emptying an elder's bank accounts if they should lose mental capacity.

 

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