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California’s Home Safe Program Kept 94% of At-Risk Seniors Housed—Could Other States Copy It?

Adults over 50 are now the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population in the United States, a trend researchers attribute to rising housing costs, fixed...

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8 Things You’re Still Doing That Could Trigger an Elder Abuse Report

Elder abuse is a silent epidemic. Often, well-meaning family and friends, not malicious strangers, perpetrate it because they are unaware their actions constitute neglect. The definition of mistreatment is surprisingly broad. In fact, actions you consider harmless could trigger a formal report. Consequently, Adult Protective Services (APS) investigates these claims…

Budget and the Bees

How Illinois’ safety net to protect the elderly from financial exploitation is falling short

Paul Borik, 91, who worked as a Chicago Park District horticulturalist at the Garfield Park Conservatory, is among those the state’s safety net increasingly is failing to protect, an Injustice Watch investigation has found.

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Brickbat: She's In Good Hands

Chantel Chenault, a caseworker with Westchester County, New York, Adult Protective Services, has been indicted on charges of grand larceny and identity theft. She is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from a 95-year-old woman with dementia who was under her care. Prosecutors said Chenault transferred money from the victim's…

Reason

Dear Abby: Man’s abrupt change to his will may signal elder abuse

After promising an inheritance to longtime friend, 90-year-old inexplicably decided all of the estate should go to his caregivers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Column: Dallas woman who wouldn’t give up rescues 87-year-old and her dog trapped in squalid home

DALLAS — Even in those last months inside the shambles of her white-frame East Dallas home — its bathroom and kitchen plumbing blocked and broken, water-soaked floors rotted out and trash piled three feet high — 87-year-old Poldi Tonin refused to rely on anyone other than her beloved Lexi.

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Elder abuse comes in many forms – appropriate Adult Protective Services referrals can help reduce mistreatment

Before the pandemic, around 1 in 10 older adults in the U.S. experienced elder mistreatment. In 2020, this number doubled to 1 in 5 – a nearly 84% increase.

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California’s seniors lost an estimated $10.9 billion to fraud in 2020

The relationship started on an online dating site. Katsumi Iwasaki was enthralled by a person who claimed to be a US soldier stationed in Damascus, Syria. They quickly fell to emailing “sweet things,” Iwasaki said.

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