by Reception | Mar 3, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Elder financial abuse is a significant and growing issue, and one way to prevent it is to be aware of the risk factors for elder financial abuse. This is especially important as we are living longer, while greed does not seem to be a declining in any way at all. What...
by Reception | Feb 7, 2017 | Elder Abuse
While we may hear about how elder abuse is a growing issue with growing community awareness, and rightly so, an issue which we may not be so aware of is elder self-neglect, and yet it is a considerable concern. If we want to safeguard our loved ones and care well for...
by Reception | Dec 6, 2016 | Elder Abuse
Financal elder abuse prevention is important, and becoming more so. Family elder financial abuse is a sad but true fact of our society. With an aging population, it is an issue that is not going to go away anytime soon. So what is elder financial abuse and what can...
by Reception | Nov 10, 2016 | Elder Abuse
Family elder abuse happens a lot more than we think or than we anticipate. When one man lost his life savings to his daughter, he just joined the ranks of many other elderly who have been abused and betrayed by family. Family elder abuse is often happening to those...
by Reception | Nov 3, 2016 | Elder Abuse
Violence, neglect and cruelty against older, vulnerable people is always ugly, but is preventing elder abuse possible? After hearing story after story you’d think that possibly someone could become a little desensitised to the abuse. But actually hearing and...
by Reception | Oct 13, 2016 | Elder Abuse
Is there a key risk factor for elder abuse? Elder financial abuse has a friend which is our enemy – loneliness. Researchers have found loneliness is not about the amount of time one spends with other people or alone. It is related more to quality of...
