Elder abuse can be anything from sneaky scams targeting older people to actual physical harm.
A family member contacted the Elder Justice Unit regarding an 81-year-old with Parkinson’s Disease who was living in a long-term care facility in Medina County. The caller expressed suspicions that there had been misappropriation of $200,000 from the elder, improper execution of a financial power of attorney and multiple transfers of the beneficiary of assets.
Yost says the bad guys prey on seniors, often because they’re hard of hearing, easily persuaded or tend to forget important things.The state’s Adult Protective Services department gave us this breakdown of the cases it worked in 2021. The state spokesperson said, “Typically in Cuyahoga County our exploitation cases are about 18% to 20% of the reports we receive. [In] 2021 it was 19%. We had 2,402 unduplicated cases we investigated in APS... The state is close to the same percentages regarding allegations. Self- neglect is always about half of our reports and investigations, as is true across the state. Last year we [saw] an increase in neglect, so self-neglect was slightly lower.
“If you’ve gotten to the point, let’s say you’re 75 years old, and you’ve lived this great life, and you’ve been successful and got a little money in the bank, and you own your house, and you raised your kids, and you’re pretty proud of your life for good reason, and then somebody comes in and tricks you and walks away with $10,000 a year money, do you want to report that? Not only does it hurt your pride, because you got taken advantage of like that.
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