Elder Financial Protection Network (EFPN)

01/03/2016

Happy New Year Facebook Friends! Here's to an exciting and productive year in successfully overcoming elder financial abuse! Look for hot action from in 2016 with new leadership holding the reins! Stay tuned...

Here I (Clare) am with Sugar, from the Solano County Sheriff's Department. Thanks to all our partners , , Educating Seniors, Model Approaches, , , , , , , , , , , , , ...and so many more! Peace Out.

11/11/2015

Don't fall for these Internet scams.

11/10/2015

It is Open Season during Medicare's open enrollment period.

The 2015 Medicare open enrollment period runs from October 15 to December 7. It’s the time when Medicare recipients can comparison shop and make changes to their plans. It’s also a time when scammers take advantage of older consumers with ruses like these:

11/09/2015

Excellent read. From Joy Solomon, director and managing attorney of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home in Riverdale, the Bronx.

A career filled with tough cases transforms a lawyer into a champion for the elderly, just like her mother.

10/23/2015

Oregon reports on elder abuse, features California Rock Star Advocate DDA Paul Greenwood of San Diego County, head of the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit. Raise your hand if you love Paul.

Reports of physical, emotional, and financial abuse of people aged 65 an older went up by 10 percent in Oregon between 2013 and 2014.

10/23/2015

Scam Detector exposes in detail hundreds of the most popular scams in the world. Learn how they work and protect yourself. How the scam works:...

10/23/2015

The Federal Trade Commisssion (FTC) describes work to protect older Americans from fraud. Go, Fight, Win!!

10/17/2015

10/10/2015

Join us next week at the 8th Annual Senior Resource and Crime Prevention Fair. YCDA is partnering with Woodland Police Department and State Bar of California for this event. Over 56 agencies will be providing resources and services and speakers will be on hand to provide information about how to avoid becoming a victim of crime.

FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
FREE SHREDDING ON SITE

When: Wednesday, October, 14, 2015, 9 am to 12 noon
Where: Woodland Community Center 2001 East Street


Winters Police Department Yolo County Sheriff's Office California Bureau of Real Estate Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance City of Woodland Woodland, California California Statewide Law Enforcement Association CHP - Woodland California Department of Consumer Affairs GHS Interactive Security Yolo Hospice California DBO- Department of Business Oversight St John's Retirement Village California Department of Public Health Social Security Administration Sacramento Better Business Bureau Elder Financial Protection Network (EFPN) State of California Franchise Tax Board Atria Covell Gardens Contractors State License Board McGeorge School of Law Comfort Keepers Home Office Department of Homeland Security Legal Services of Northern California

10/10/2015

Elder Abuse is domestic violence... a silent crime and on the rise. An opinion piece from Australia.

As the federal government makes a $100 million pledge to help domestic violence victims, there is a group which many do not realise are suffering in silence, writes Kirsty Mackie.

10/05/2015

Finding balance between protection and the ability to have control over one's own life. A National Consumer Law Center webinar. Recommended by

The National Consumer Law Center is a nonprofit advocacy organization that seeks to build economic security and family wealth for low-income and other economically disadvantaged Americans.

09/29/2015

Haven't read this report yet from the FBI...but impotant for us all to review. Violent crimes and property crimes decreased in 2014...that's good.

Annual report shows violent crimes and property crimes decreased in 2014.