Elderly Abuse - The Most Heinous Act!

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Elderly Abuse~ The Most Heinous Act!
Why are elder and dependent abuse cases on the rise? Because people have grown to feel no guilt, no remorse, no shame for stealing from the most vulnerable of people. It has become known as the most heinous act.
In some defining way, San Diego County’s Attorney General Paul Greenwood reported in the California State Retiree Magazine’s October 2008 that in the last year he prosecuted more than 200 elder abuse cases. It stands to reason that many guilty perpetrators are still living just under the radar and have managed to escape the full force of the law.
Attorney General Greenwood’s prosecution of elder abuse cases helps to call attention to the more than 1.2 million elders that are abused yearly. And that is not enough. Many of the elderly population are put at risk by those who have no use for them, except to steal their assets and money, their health, their mental stability, and sometimes their lives.
An example: My elderly aunt invites her nephew into her home to provide caregiver services. In a short 115-day period, the nephew manages to swindle her out of her life savings by taking her to the bank and emptying her safe deposit box of $70,000 cash. She died penniless with a broken heart. To make the reader aware of how to protect the elderly, just follow some specific steps:
1. Set up a living trust when they are sound of mind
2. Check on them daily
3. Investigate any caregiver
4. Put everything in writing
5. Run a credit check
6. Look for a past of violence
7. Look for a pattern of abuse
8. Do not allow family members to escape the routine for verifying their eligibility to be caregiver
More about Janice M. Lauderdale—she has a degree in sociology and is a Minister in the counseling division at a mega church in Los Angeles. Her recently published book Wealth of the Wicked: An American Tragedy of Elderly Abuse is a breakthrough for the legal and physical protection of the elderly. It puts a face on 1.2 million seniors who are abused annually. She can be contacted for more must-know steps and legal means to protect the elderly. Contact her at: www.writethewrong1.com,
jlauderdale@newimagewriters.com