Possible red flags warning elder abuse may be taking place

RED FLAGS SIGNALING POSSIBLE ELDER ABUSE

Elder abuse, neglect and exploitation are complex
issues with multidimensional symptoms and ramifications
and many types of warning signs. A partial list appears below;
feel free to tear these pages out and share them with friends
and relatives. Remember, elder abuse is everyone’s business.

Change is a serious stressor for everyone and it is especially
difficult for the elderly. However, change may be a red flag.

Please notify the appropriate social service agency, law
enforcement officer or physician if you suspect any type of
neglect, abuse or exploitation.

The list that follows is extensive and may be only the tip of

the iceberg. As limited as it is, the writing is massive and

its taken directly from the copy written material in

Paradise Costs-A Victim’s Daughter Fights Back against

Elder Abuse. Please write for permission to reprint information

on this blog and on www.ParadiseCosts.com site

Be alert to a change in any matter, but particularly to any
health, wellness or financial issue and/or the introduction
of a new accountant, lawyer, physician, or any other
professional caring for a senior citizen thereby separating
the elder from already established histories and relationships.

Also, be cautious about reoccurring charges made to accounts 
with cable companies, cell phone bills, telephone charges,
mail away prescriptions (and the location and receipt of those
meds if there are aides, teenagers or substance abusers in 
the seniors environment.)

The recession and high unemployment rates, corporate greed,
the tendency for seniors NOT to report abuse makes our job
to protect them even more challenging.

The list of red flags will continue in blog postings over the next 
few weeks. “Paradise Costs” contains many red flags. Its available
only at www.ParadiseCosts.com. 

Amazon may have the first edition of the book but that edition 
has the wrong title due to an error of the publisher and it
DOES NOT INCLUDE DR. BLUM’s PIONEERING WORK.