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Reports
- U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2012, November). Elder justice: National strategy needed to effectively combat elder financial exploitation. (Publication No. GAO-13-110). Retrieved from http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-110
- U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2013, May). Federal government has taken some steps but could do more to combat elder financial exploitation. (Publication No. GAO-13-626T). Retrieved from http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-626T.
Resources
- Model Civil Provisions on Elder Financial Exploitation produced by the National Center for Victims of Crime, in collaboration with the American Bar Association and with support from the Huguette Clark Family Fund for Protection of Elders. http://victimsofcrime.org/docs/default-source/financial-fraud/model-civil-provisions-on-elder-financial-exploitation.pdf?sfvrsn=2
- White Paper: Roundtable on Serving Victims of Elder Financial Exploitation. Produced by the National Center for Victims of Crime with support from the Huguette Clark Family Fund for Protection, the document summarizes the proceeding and recommendations emerging from Roundtable meeting held on November 18 and 19, 2014. http://victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/financial-crime-resource-center/advocacy/elder-financial-exploitation-advocacy
- National Guidelines to Implement the 2013 Federal Interagency Guidance on Privacy Laws and Reporting Financial Abuse of Older Adults. Developed by the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and the National Adult Protective Services Association with support from the Huguette Clark Family Fund for Protection, this document provides APS workers with the information, documentation, and sample tools they need for requesting information from financial institutions in abuse investigations. http://www.napsa-now.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bank-Protocol-and-Form-January-14-2016-rev.pdf
- Baker Report.
Comprehensive weekly update on current scams and efforts to stop them edited by Steve Baker, former Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Midwest Region - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Promising Practices
Sussex Victim Support Program
This innovative new program in Sussex England assigns Victim Support case workers in the Sussex Police to work with vulnerable victims who have been systematically targeted by criminals. Workers help victims with tasks like contacting creditors to take control of her finances and also to seek help through Citizens’ Advice.
This innovative new program in Sussex England assigns Victim Support case workers in the Sussex Police to work with vulnerable victims who have been systematically targeted by criminals. Workers help victims with tasks like contacting creditors to take control of her finances and also to seek help through Citizens’ Advice.
San Francisco Veterans Benefits Protection Project (VBPP) Coalitiona and Tool
VBPR is a coalition that fights pension poaching scams targeting older veterans that is led by the Institute on Aging's Senior Abuse Prevention Program with funding by the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services. Among the group's accomplishments is a tool that was developed for service providers who work with older veterans to use to detect scams in their early stages and identify trends, including geographic areas where veterans are being targeted and scammers who have committed multiple offenses. It further provides guidance in reporting scams to the Department of Insurance, Attorney General's office, and district attorney's offices his form of elder financial abuse threatens the health, safety, and financial freedom of thousands of elder veterans across the country.
VBPR is a coalition that fights pension poaching scams targeting older veterans that is led by the Institute on Aging's Senior Abuse Prevention Program with funding by the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services. Among the group's accomplishments is a tool that was developed for service providers who work with older veterans to use to detect scams in their early stages and identify trends, including geographic areas where veterans are being targeted and scammers who have committed multiple offenses. It further provides guidance in reporting scams to the Department of Insurance, Attorney General's office, and district attorney's offices his form of elder financial abuse threatens the health, safety, and financial freedom of thousands of elder veterans across the country.