A bipartisan proposal to curb elder financial fraud is gaining traction in Congress. The bill would enlist the Securities and Exchange Commission to help lawmakers fight this issue. It would also ...

The corridors of power increasingly resemble a nursing home—if not a hospice. Ad Policy Representative Kay Granger during a news conference with other Republican members of the House of ...

MAYVILLE – Advocates, elected officials and leaders from around the globe took time recently to acknowledge elder abuse and to discuss ways to prevent it. Among those who participated were Chautauqua ...

Retirement should be the most enjoyable time of your life. You've worked and saved to provide for yourself in your later years so that you can do things you enjoy. Given how hard you've prepared, it's ...

Elder abuse is a complex and concerning issue that affects vulnerable older Americans in various ways and cost us more than $2.3 billion last year. It is important that we take action to address this ...

The slight tremor in your grandmother’s hand when a particular caregiver enters the room. The curious timing of new estate planning documents. The recurring urinary tract infections that never quite ...

Elder abuse and neglect is a serious and prevalent problem that is estimated to affect 700,000 to 1.2 million older adults annually in this country. Only one in ten cases of elder abuse and neglect ...

Health care or legal professionals often are not physically present to witness abuse, and the legal system relies on other reporters and evidence to confirm it. Extreme and heinous cases can be easily ...

If your adult child was abusing you financially, emotionally or physically, what would you do? In New York State, for every one reported case of elder abuse, about 23 typically go unreported, ...

Experts are warning elders are suffering in silence and are calling for more awareness around financial abuse to understand how it manifests within families and communities.

As a geriatric medical specialist, I am all too familiar with the telltale signs of elder abuse, which is disturbingly common among American seniors. So as an alarmed citizen, I have referred former ...