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From isolating elders to gain control of their finances to the defiance of federal and state anti-lien statutes to enable state officials to forcibly take elder homes, note these forms of elder financial exploitation in Massachusetts and beyond… https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-protect-elders-from-financial-exploitation/article_9f9b1550-f68b-5416-90d9-9a9c1d325cbd.html

Kay Lazar’s article “Scammers Take Aim at Aging Population” explains the lack of training in financial exploitation by Massachusetts Elder Protective Services investigators and the soon-to-be released report by the MA Legislature’s Special Commission investigating Elder Protective Services. The article also raises questions about the use and validity of the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)…

Financial exploitation of elders continues to be a serious, unaddressed problem in Massachusetts. More than unauthorized use of a credit card or phone scams, financial exploitation can involve a finely tuned collaboration of multiple parties, targeting specific elders and their assets, separating them from their families and their homes, possessions, stocks and bank accounts. Elders,…

MASSACHUSETTS (Newbury), Newbury Port News, May 31, 2013 Not enough protection for elders http://www.newburyportnews.com/opinion/x2026368267/Not-enough-protection-for-elders Massachusetts Protective Services follows a policy of “self-determination” when investigating abuse complaints. If an elder is “of capacity,” even while being influenced by an abuser, the elder can “self-determine” the scope of Protective Service’s abuse investigation, limiting the people investigators contact…

Newburyport Daily News Letter to the Editor World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, June 15, 2012 FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AND ELDER ABUSE http://www.newburyportnews.com/opinion/x500779013/Financial-exploitation-and-elder-abuse

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