Pacific Grove, CA Age Not The Only Factor Impacting Alzheimer"s Disease And Dementia: Beware Of Elde
Pacific Grove, CA Age Not The Only Factor Impacting Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia: Beware Of Elder Financial Abuse: View From A Non-Profit Serving Carmel, Carmel Valley, Gonzalez, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Seaside And Soledad California
A recent study found that age alone doesn't put a person at risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, there are a lot of other factors that come into play such as diet, the environment that you live in and genetics. However, the elderly are clearly more susceptible to financial elder abuse scams, and I try to notify everyone when I become aware of them. Please keep your eye on our blogs as there are always a number of creative scams around the holidays, and many of them target seniors. Researchers have found that there is a good reason seniors are susceptible to financial swindlers. Age related changes in the brain make it harder to detect suspicious body language and other warning signs that people might be untrustworthy. Crimes such as telemarketing fraud, identity theft, fake checks and home repair scams costs seniors about $3 billion last year, up 12% from 2008, according to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. What is sadder yet is that 55% involve a family member. Be cautious. Most seniors with means set up a trust account, and it's often prudent to make a bank or another third party that is not related to the family in charge of it. No matter how much you love your family, it's amazing what people will do when they hit bad financial times. Better to keep your money safe, and with a banker who can't be influenced by family members.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/07/elderly-financial-exploitation-holidays/1746911/
About Richard Kuehn & Hands to Help Seniors:
After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member, it became clear to me that there are many seniors that can't afford to pay for a private duty caregiver, not to mention medical expenses, food and property taxes on their home. I decided to form a non-profit to help seniors with any service they might need to get by, should they be unable to afford this themselves. From putting on a new roof to providing a hot meal, Hands to Help Seniors is there to help. Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:
http://www.h2hs.org/news-and-media.html
Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of Hands To Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.
A recent study found that age alone doesn't put a person at risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, there are a lot of other factors that come into play such as diet, the environment that you live in and genetics. However, the elderly are clearly more susceptible to financial elder abuse scams, and I try to notify everyone when I become aware of them. Please keep your eye on our blogs as there are always a number of creative scams around the holidays, and many of them target seniors. Researchers have found that there is a good reason seniors are susceptible to financial swindlers. Age related changes in the brain make it harder to detect suspicious body language and other warning signs that people might be untrustworthy. Crimes such as telemarketing fraud, identity theft, fake checks and home repair scams costs seniors about $3 billion last year, up 12% from 2008, according to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. What is sadder yet is that 55% involve a family member. Be cautious. Most seniors with means set up a trust account, and it's often prudent to make a bank or another third party that is not related to the family in charge of it. No matter how much you love your family, it's amazing what people will do when they hit bad financial times. Better to keep your money safe, and with a banker who can't be influenced by family members.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/07/elderly-financial-exploitation-holidays/1746911/
About Richard Kuehn & Hands to Help Seniors:
After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member, it became clear to me that there are many seniors that can't afford to pay for a private duty caregiver, not to mention medical expenses, food and property taxes on their home. I decided to form a non-profit to help seniors with any service they might need to get by, should they be unable to afford this themselves. From putting on a new roof to providing a hot meal, Hands to Help Seniors is there to help. Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:
http://www.h2hs.org/news-and-media.html
Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of Hands To Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.
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