Attorneys general launch national effort to crack down on elder abuse
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2017
Over the next year, a new initiative will see state attorneys general across the country focusing on strengthening efforts to fight elder abuse, neglect and exploitation in senior living communities and...
Updated publication educates about financial abuse
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2017
New resources from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can help educate you, your residents and their families about financial exploitation through fraud and...
Imposter scams move up on FTC list of top consumer complaints
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission’s list of top consumer complaints has a new No. 2: imposter scams, according to a new report from the agency.
$60 million Medicare fraud scheme involved assisted living communities, federal officials allege
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2017
Assisted living communities were provided remuneration, including certified nursing assistants to staff their facilities, for their participation in a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme for which 16 individuals...
Assisted living owner loses $950,000 to lawyer’s misdeeds, bar association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2017
An owner of assisted living facilities in Florida has lost almost $950,000 after working with an attorney whom she entrusted to help with their sale, according to the Florida Bar Association, which petitioned...
Brookdale to pay almost $1 million to settle Emeritus claims
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2016
Brookdale Senior Living will pay $979,000 to settle claims that Emeritus Senior Living, which it purchased in 2014, failed to refund to the U.S. government overpayments it received for Medicaid services.
Woman gets 18 months after taking funds for ALF that never opened
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2016
A Tennessee woman who obtained state funds to renovate a home she said would become an assisted living facility but then used the money to upgrade the building for her daughter and herself has been sentenced...
New technologies can protect adults from fraud: reports
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2016
New technologies can help protect older adults from fraud, according to two reports recently published by the World Economic Forum.
9 senior living communities involved in $3.9 million SEC fraud case get new owners
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2018
Nine Georgia and Alabama senior living communities that went into receivership last year after their owner was charged with fraud and had his assets frozen now have new owners.
Three sentenced for scheme that defrauded elderly of $16.6 million
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Three people who made more than $16 million after falsely telling older adults and others that the light-emitting medical devices they sold could safety and effectively treat diabetes, heart disease, emphysema,...