FROM THE CENTRAL ALABAMA AGING CONSORTIUM
The Ombudsman Program at Central Alabama Aging Consortium holds its annual Elder Justice Fraud and Caregiver Conference on Wednesday, September 27.
The event will be held from 9 am to 3 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn at Ease Chase at 7665 East Chase Parkway, Montgomery, Alabama 36117. Over 1100 Alabama seniors report they have been victims of elder fraud, with losses of 17 million dollars a year. Nationwide 10% of seniors report being the victims of some sort of fraud each year.
The annual conference is designed to “educate professionals and caregivers in the community to properly identify elder abuse and fraud. And to give them tools to utilize when assisting those who have become victims of any type of abuse, fraud, and or scams and provide them with tools to aide in preventing such to occur to our elders,” said Lead Ombudsman Candace Johnson.
Among the speakers at the conference this year:
- Azzie Taylor, Chief Deputy Assistant District Attorney in Montgomery County. She will discuss Elder Abuse and fraud targeting seniors.
- Sierra Hall, of the Alabama Securities Commission, who will discuss financial exploitation and scams targeting seniors.
- Sherry Moffett, Senior Medicare Patrol Program Coordinator at CAAC who will discuss Medicare fraud.
- Lee McIver Jordan, Staff Attorney at CAAC, who will describe the need for legal planning for long term care.
- Dr. Dorothy Brandon, Extension Specialist, Urban Affairs, Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Alabama A & M University will talk about stress management and dealing with difficult people.
Social workers and nursing home and assisted living administrators who pre-registered for the conference can receive 4.5 CEUs.
