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5 Ways to Avoid Financial Nursing Home Abuse

Financial nursing home abuse is a problem elderly adults commonly face. While this type of abuse can affect adults of all ages, elderly residents of nursing homes are especially susceptible and highly at risk due to different factors such as…

Apr 28, 2022

by Dalli & Marino

How to Spot Signs of Elder Financial Abuse This Holiday Season

This holiday season—as families gather to celebrate, give gifts, and create new memories—it’s important for those with elderly loved ones to remain alert to signs and symptoms of nursing home neglect and financial abuse. For those with an aging relative…

Nov 26, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

Financial Abuse of the Elderly is Expected to Rise During COVID-19

Scammers have always been around—they’ve just become smarter, sneakier, and quicker. Email scams that were once easy to monitor have been upgraded and revised into some of the world’s most fraudulent scams. But for scammers, the overall purpose remains the…

Oct 15, 2020

by Dalli & Marino

How Criminals Steal $37 Billion a Year from America’s Elders

A Bloomberg article, By author, Nick Leiber, entitled, "How Criminals Steal $37 Billion a Year from America’s Elderly", made the frightening, but all too true statement that, "Telephone pitchers, online scammers and even family members target the most vulnerable among…

Dec 7, 2018

by Dalli & Marino