This week’s show is titled, Elder Financial Abuse Prevention.
Elder Financial Abuse.
It is a dirty, disgusting term that makes most normal folks cringe at the thought of such a thing. The sad fact is, it is out there...in your community...maybe in your own family...in so many forms and in so many paces, many consider it an epidemic. Go figure that.
This week, I am privileged to have Barbara-Anne Foley, Executive Director of the Harwich Council on Aging, as my special guest to help address this subject. In addition to her many duties in this important role, she has been able to leverage her experience with thousands of seniors and the stories they have told about financial abuse, by working with in partnership with the Harwich Police Department, trying to warn seniors about these frauds and scams.
For those of you who do not know her, Barbara-Anne began her career in mental health and career counseling in Braintree, MA. She also worked in an adult day care center and a nursing center on Cape Cod before landing her dream job with the Harwich Council on Aging in 1999. She can be reached there at (508) 730-7550.
She has developed a primary focus on Alzheimer's disease and hoarding, both population of which are growing in leaps and bounds.
In 2006, when her own father lost his 10 year battle to Alzheimer's disease, she and her family started the "Remembery Walk ---Dave Birtwell Memorial", raising over $150,000 to date for Alzheimer's patients and their families.
This show will hopefully help you understand:
- How to recognize #ElderFinancialAbuse
- The different types of financial abuse
- How to uncover it in your own family
- What to do about it once you do discover it
You need to get the facts and get them right. Start by listening to the show and get professional advice from folks like us at #FutureSecuredFinancial. That can help you get started on your “Guided Research”.
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Keep in mind, all shows are recorded so, if you miss one, just go to my blog to look it up and listen in. You can listen to last week’s Veterans Day show right here, The Nightmare Inheritance.
The following week’s show (11/25/15) is called “Turkey Table Talk - The importance of Real Financial Talk with Family on Thanksgiving”. It will dive into why you need to take the opportunity of holidays to get into real conversations with your family about real financial issues.
Thanks and keep those show topic suggestions coming!