Financial Elder Abuse

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Financial Elder Abuse is rampant on the rise in the San Francisco Bay Area and seniors are targeted by corrupt trustees, family members, care-providers, nursing homes, investment scams and false friends and other predators. Typically, these cases are reported by concerned family members or friends and involve these types of scenarios:

• Abuse By Trustees or Beneficiaries
• Nursing Home Abuse or Irregularities
• Nursing Home or Caregiver Physical Abuse, Lack of Care.
• Long-Term Care Insurance Fraud
• Caregiver Fraud
• False Friend
• Power Of Attorney Fraud
• Undue Influence and Wrongful Use
• Fraud with Reverse Mortgages
• Denial of Claims for Continuing Care Residential Facilities
• Distributing Assets Through Undue Influence or Fraud
• Elder Financial Stockbroker & Securities Fraud
• Long-Term Care Insurance Fraud
• Medicaid and Medicare Fraud
• Senior Seminar Scams
• Trustee Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Typical Warning signs of financial elder abuse:

• Checks signed by the elder but otherwise filled out by someone else
• Checks being made out to “cash”
• Sudden investments in real estate, timeshares, annuities, or other financial products
• Donations to non-profit organizations to which the elder has not previously donated 
• Expensive gifts, especially to individuals with whom the elder is not particularly close
• Missing cash, checks, and personal effects 
• Strange or unusual banking activity, such as large transactions or transactions with unknown merchants or individuals 
• Signatures on financial documents that do not match the account holder’s signature
• An increase in activity on accounts that were previously little-used 
• A caretaker, new friend, or “long-lost relative” who takes an inappropriate interest in the elder’s financial affairs (this can indicate possible Undue Influence)
• Adding the name of a caretaker or other inappropriate party to the elder’s accounts
• Naming a caretaker or other inappropriate party as a beneficiary to the elder’s will