Speaking as a medical consultant, I would like to support comments about poor detection by doctors of abuse or coercion of the elderly being considered for assisted dying (“Keep role for judges in ...

and financial abuse is one of the most common forms. According to the National Council on Aging, up to 5 million Americans suffer from financial elder abuse every year, with financial losses of at ...

Read on for the most recent elder fraud and financial abuse statistics. There were 92,371 victims of elder fraud in 2021. Elder fraud losses increased by 391.9% ($343 million to $1.685 billion ...

Recently, a man and woman were charged with financially exploiting an 87-year-old Rochester Hills man by fraudulently gaining his legal power of attorney. Kirk Lanam of Hartland is accused by the ...

A woman faces charges in Franklin County for elder abuse and financial exploitation of the elderly. Authorities said the ...

I ran this situation by California private investigator Riley Parker to ask him what could be done to protect Sam from what looks like elder financial abuse. He replied, “Dennis, cops and ...

While respect and care for the elderly are fundamental in Asian traditions, disturbing cases of elder abuse challenge this ...

Unfortunately, an AARP report says that older adults lose around $28.3 billion annually to some form of financial exploitation. And the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, part of the U.S. Treasury ...

They were convicted of grand theft and financial elder abuse, both felonies, and two counts of misdemeanor elder abuse. Last summer, a California appeals court stayed one of Schoenbachler's ...

The financial industry's self-regulatory organization filed proposed rules with regulators to tackle the financial exploitation of seniors. The Wall Street Journal's Yuka Hayashi joins us in the ...

Elder abuse is an even more widespread issue for vulnerable seniors with dementia or Alzheimer’s. Research shows nearly half ...