Recently the AJC ran a special series: “Unprotected: Broken promises in Georgia’s senior care industry.“ Like many of you, we were appalled at what their yearlong digging into our senior care industry revealed about the gaps in care and vulnerabilities that our older adults face. We were appalled but not really shocked. The care that […]
Continue readingJune 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. I continue to be shocked by the number of older adults who experience financial elder abuse. About 1 in 9 Georgians over the age of 60 have experienced some form of financial elder abuse, and it can cost these older adults nationwide $36.5 billion each year…and counting. […]
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June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and because I’m a Daily Money Manager, I focus on the financial abuse side of elder abuse. Did you know that according to the True Link study done in 2015 that seniors lose $36.5 billion each and every year to financial abuse! What’s worse: that number isn’t […]
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