...perpetrator is a loved one or their caregiver, they just don't want to get them in trouble. Often, elders are not aware they have been defrauded or feel...incompetent to handle their own financial affairs. When victims, young or old, do reach out, help is rarely available. There is a concern that because...

...unscrupulous. Best estimates are that 20% of the elderly have been victims of some kind of fraud.1 Unfortunately, many elder victims are too embarrassed...their greatest fear — that they will be considered incom'Bachman, Ronety. (1992). Elderly Victims: Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. Washington,...

...embarrassed to report. Sometimes the perpetrator is a loved one or their caregiver, and they do not want to get them in trouble. Sometimes elders are...defrauded, or feel that reporting will do no good, or they do not want to bother the police. Sometimes, they are reluctant to confront their greatest fear —...

...caregiver, and the victim does not want them to get into trouble. Sometimes elders are not aware that they have been defrauded, or feel that reporting will...reporting, many feel they risk their independence (personal communication). The recently conducted Elderly Supplement of the International Crime Victim...

...Center for Victims of Crime, "Unfortunately, many elder victims are too embarrassed to report [a fraud]. Sometimes the perpetrator is a loved one or their...Sometimes, they are reluctant to confront their greatest fear—that they will be considered incompetent to handle their own financial affairs. By reporting,...