A Rumford woman is accused of elder abuse and financially exploiting a family member. Police arrested 59-year-old Sharon ...

A sudden change in a resident’s physical condition may signal neglect. Dirty clothing, unwashed hair, bed sores, or weight ...

A 59-year-old Rumford woman was arrested April 15 following a two-week investigation into allegations of elder abuse and ...

Law-enforcement and social-services professionals see exploitation rising sharply. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin's office opened 128 financial-elder-abuse cases in 2011 ...

Also included in the law are persons who reside in nursing homes, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities, ...

Read on for the most recent elder fraud and financial abuse statistics. There were 92,371 victims of elder fraud in 2021. Elder fraud losses increased by 391.9% ($343 million to $1.685 billion ...

While seniors and those with disabilities are frequent targets, financial exploitation and abuse ... floor of a "can't miss" opportunity. Elder financial abuse involves the unauthorized or ...

Painfully aware of the scourge of financial elder abuse, McCredie and his team are in the final stages of developing the ...

The tool aims to make it easier for financial professionals to report suspected financial abuse targeting elderly ... the Safeguarding Against Financial Exploitation (SAFE) Act.

Police say the victim in this case is a family member of the suspect, who served as the victim's primary caretaker.