What Can I do to Stop Financial Abuse in a Pennsylvania Nursing Home?

Financial abuse in nursing homes is much more common than it should be as so many people believe the elderly can easily be taken advantage of. Unfortunately, it is usually friends, family members, and those closest to the elderly individual, such as their caregivers who end up committing unfair acts to get financial benefits from the elderly individual.

Examples of financial abuse in a nursing home include:

• Stealing money from the room of the resident
• Stealing the credit cards or checkbook of the resident
• Using the checkbook or credit cards of the resident in an inappropriate manner
• Stealing the identity of the resident
• Manipulating the resident into giving away their assets
• Threatening the resident so they give away their assets out of fear
• Faking affection simply to get access to the assets of the elderly individual

Any individual who is being financially abused while living in a nursing home should get legal help as soon as possible to try and secure their assets and to get back the money that was unjustly taken from them. Once a lawyer is involved, they can help a person take the required steps to stop the abuse and hold the abusers accountable so that the same actions are not repeated.

Helping a relative who is financially abused in a Chester County, PA, nursing home

To help a relative who is in such a situation out, you need to first know they are being financially abused. Many times, an elderly relative will be completely unaware of being manipulated or they may be too embarrassed to admit it. You need to be able to read the warning signs yourself and investigate properly before you can be sure they are being taken advantage of.

• The following are strong signs that an elderly relative is being abused:
• They have a lot less money in their bank account
• They are receiving letters from collection agencies
• They have extremely high credit card balances
• They change their spending habits
• They start acting very worried regarding money, they are probably being financially abused

If you notice any of the above, you should talk to them openly and see if your doubts are correct, and if it turns out that there is someone who is abusing them, a nursing home abuse attorney should be reached out to as soon as a person has time.

Sometimes, an elderly individual may just change their spending habits or rack up a lot of money on their credit card- doing serious damage to their credit score- on their own, such as when they are going through serious emotional changes in their life. A credit repair professional can assist in such matters and advise the elderly individual on what steps to take to improve their credit score.

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